Mustafa Branch Season 2017

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As a Senior (2018)
• Played in nine games
• 33 tackles (12 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss and a pass breakup
• Three tackles vs. San Diego State
• Four tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss vs. USC
• Led team with seven tackles (0.5 for loss), and one pass breakup vs. UC Davis
• Two tackles (one solo) at Oregon
• Six tackles (three solo) and 1.0 tackle for loss at Notre Dame
• Two tackles (one solo) vs. Utah
• Six tackles (five solo) at Arizona State
• Two tackles (one solo) vs. Washington State

As a Junior (2017)
• Eight games played
• 14 tackles, 0.5 sacks
• Three tackles vs. Rice
• Three solo tackles at Washington State
• One solo tackle vs. Washington
• Three tackles (one solo) vs. Cal
• Four tackles (one solo), 0.5 sack vs. Notre Dame
• Solo tackle vs. USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)

As a Sophomore (2016)
• 13 games played
• 28 tackles (21 solo)
• Two solo tackles vs. Kansas State
• Three tackles (0.5 for loss) at UCLA
• Two solo tackles at Notre Dame
• Four tackle (three solo) at Arizona
• Two solo tackles, first career interception vs. Oregon State
• Two tackles at Oregon
• Four tackles (three solo) at Cal
• Four tackles (two solo) vs. Rice
• Two tackles vs. North Carolina (Sun Bowl)

As a Freshman (2015) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• 14 games played
• 18 tackles
• Career debut at Northwestern
• Two tackles at Oregon State
• Two tackles vs. UCLA
• Two tackles at Washington State
• Two tackles vs. Cal
• Four tackles vs. Iowa (Rose Bowl)

The Branch File
• Played football at Bellevue (Wash.) under head coach Butch Goncharoff
• Nation’s 20th-best inside linebacker by Scout, 41st by 247Sports
• Nation’s 51st-best outside linebacker by PrepStar, 55th by Rivals, 72nd by ESPN
• Washington’s third-best recruit by PrepStar, eight by Scout, 12th by ESPN, 17th by 247Sports
• 2014 Seattle Times all-state first team
• 2014 All-King County first team
• 2014 MaxPreps Medium Schools All-America second team
• 2014 American Family Insurance all-state first team
• 80 tackles, four interceptions (one returned for touchdown), two forced fumbles, one sack as a senior
• Led team to two state titles
• Team named 2012 national champions by Sports Illustrated
• Lettered in track and field
• Full name is Mustafa Sayid Branch
• Born in Seattle, Wash.
• Son of Andrea Branch
• Two siblings, Ashlie and Indigo
• Cousins, Deion and Cliff Branch, played professionally in the NFL
• Enjoys computer programming, hiking, finding new music and the Discovery Channel
• Learned to read at age three
• Majoring in product design