Player Bio

Athletic DE with a strong presence on the edge to create pass rush … Possesses long arms with an eighty-two inch wing span … Finished career with 17.5 sacks and 33.5 tackles for loss … Played in the Senior Bowl … First player from Clemson drafted by the Jaguars in franchise history … Became only fourth DE selected by the Jaguars in the first two rounds in franchise history …

COLLEGE:  Four-year letterman, playing in 48 games with 27 starts … Career totals include 197 tackles (142 solo), 17.5 sacks, 33.5 tackles for loss and 41 QB pressures … Added 11 passes defensed … Finished with a career-high 10.5 sacks as a senior, fourth-most in school history … Made at least one tackle in 41 straight games … Majored in sociology.

2011: Started all 14 games at DE … Team co-captain … Earned second-team All-America honors by the Walter Camp Foundation, CBSSports.com, Phil Steele, Rivals.com and Sports Illustrated … First-team All-ACC selection … One of six finalists for the Ted Hendricks Award … Registered a career-high 10.5 sacks, the most in the ACC and the fourth-most in school history for a season … Compiled career-best 85 tackles (64 solo), team-high 17 tackles for loss, 17 QB pressures, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble … The 17 tackles for loss ranked third in ACC …  Led ACC in sacks per game (0.75) and third in tackles for loss per game (1.2) … Registered four sacks, six tackles for loss and a team-high 11 tackles vs. Virginia Tech.  All four sacks came in the second half.  The four sacks tied a single-game school record set by Keith Adams in 1999 … Totaled six tackles, two sacks and three QB pressures at Maryland …  Tallied nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and three QB pressures at North Carolina State … Concluded career with seven tackles against West Virginia in the Orange Bowl … 

2010: Started 13 games at DE in first season as starter … Finished with 55 tackles (36 solo), five sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss and team-high 16 QB pressures … Ranked second on team in sacks … Led all ACC defensive ends with seven passes defensed … Earned Rock Solid Award … Eight of 16 QB pressures came on third-down plays … Had seven tackles for loss at Auburn … Credited with seven tackles in 55 snaps vs. South Carolina … Made six tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack against South Florida …

2009:  Appeared in all 14 games as a reserve … Recorded 46 tackles (33 solo), two sacks, eight tackles for loss and seven QB pressures … Posted season-high five tackles in two different games … Had at least four tackles in eight of the 14 games …

2008: Played in first four games and final three games … Totaled 11 tackles (nine solo) along with two special teams tackles …

2007: Redshirted as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Varina High School in Richmond, Virginia … Played football for head coach Gary Chilcoat … Two-year starter at LB and TE … Helped team to 11-2 mark as a senior and 9-1 record as a junior … Rated the 47^th-best prospect in the state by Rivals.com … Recorded 62 tackles, seven tackles for loss, three sacks, two INTs and two fumble recoveries as a senior … Also lettered in basketball.

PERSONAL: Single … Born in Richmond, Virginia  … Full name: Orlandus Andre Branch.