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Jersey Number 44
Branden Jennings
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School/Previous School:
- Sandalwood HS (Hinds CC)
Career Honors
2021 ESPN & On3 Midseason True Freshman All-American
Career Notes
Played in 37 career games with 26 starts … At Mississippi State has played in 25 games with 23 starts … Jennings concluded his collegiate career with 125 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, six QB hurries, four pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
2025 (Redshirt Senior Season)
Played in all 13 games making 12 starts … All 12 starts came at the JACK linebacker spot … Tallied 44 tackles, four QB hurries and two pass breakups … Had one double-digit tackle game … at Southern Miss (8/30): Has recorded multiple tackles in 13 played as a Bulldog ... vs Tennessee (9/27): earned the first double digit tackle game of the season ... set a career high in tackles ... also secured his career high in pass break ups again with one ... at Texas A&M (10/4): made his sixth career start ... at Florida (10/18): recorded his seventh straight start ... vs Texas(10/25): made his nineteenth straight start ... at Arkansas (11/1): earned a new career high in QB hurries ... vs Georgia (11/8): made his 21st straight start … vs Ole Miss (11/28): tied career high in pass breakups for the second time this season ... Fifth on the team in tackles for this game.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 11 starts … Recorded 56 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two pass breakups and four QB hurries … Second on the team in sacks … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut … First FBS game played since the 2022 season at UCF … Recorded six tackles, five assisted and one solo … Had a half tackle for loss for a one-yard loss … Finished second on the team in tackles ... at Arizona State (9/7): Record five tackles, one solo and four assisted ... Had a tackle for loss for a four-yard loss ... Had one sack for a loss of four yards ... Toledo (9/14): Recorded four assisted tackles ... Had half a tackle for loss of two yards ... Florida (9/21): Recorded two tackles, one solo and one assisted ... at Texas (9/28): Recorded five tackles, two solo and three assisted … Had a half tackle for loss for a loss of one yard ... Earned a half a sack for a loss of one yard ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded two solo tackles … earned one tackle for loss of two yards … had one pass break up … Texas A&M (10/19): Sixth straight start ... Recorded eight assisted tackles … had one QB hurry … set a new season-high in tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded five assisted tackles … Had one QB hurry … Had a half tackle for loss for a loss of one yard ... UMass (11/2): Recorded four tackles, one solo and three assisted … Had half a tackle for loss ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded four assisted tackles ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded two assisted … Had one QB hurry.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season – Hinds CC)
Earned NJCAA All-Region 23 honors in 2023 … Was named to the All-MACCC First Team … Led Hinds in tackles (58), solo tackles (42) and tackles for loss (6.5) … Had one sack on the year in which he forced, and recovered, a fumble and scored a touchdown on the play.
2022 (Sophomore Season – UCF)
Appeared in four games ... Totaled two tackles and one fumble recovery ... Earned a redshirt.
2021 (True Freshman Season – Maryland)
Appeared in eight games with three starts at linebacker ... Totaled 23 tackles (17 solo), one tackle for loss and one forced fumble ... Notched four solo tackles in win vs. Kent State (9/25) ... Tallied six tackles (two solo) in win at Illinois (9/17) ... In his first career start, he notched his second straight four-tackle game (all solo) and had his first career tackle for loss vs. Howard (9/11). Posted four tackles (three solo) and forced a key fumble in the third quarter in career debut vs. West Virginia (9/4) … ESPN & On3 Midseason True Freshman All-American ... Transfered to UCF.
High School
Consensus four-star linebacker ... 7th-ranked outside linebacker in the nation ... 16th-ranked player in Florida ... 67th-ranked player in the country according to ESPN ... ESPN 300 ... Rivals 100 ... 2019 Times-Union All-First Coast First Team Selection .. 2021 Under Armour All American ... One of 16 semifinalists for the Butkus Award for nation’s best linebacker ... Has recorded 127 tackles (84 solo), 19 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in 2020 senior season ... Two-time All-State ...Son of Bradley Jennings, three-year starting linebacker and national champion at Florida State ... Chose Maryland over Michigan, Florida State and Miami
Personal
Son of Bradley Jennings, three-year starting linebacker (1999-2001) and national champion at Florida State … Chose Mississippi State over Arkansas, Southern Miss and others
Career-Highs
Tackles: 10, vs. Tennessee (9/27/2025)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0, 2x, last at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, at Arizona State (09/07/2024)
QB Hurries: 2, at Arkansas (11/1/2025)
Pass Breakups: 1, 4x, vs. Ole Miss (11/28/2025)
Forced Fumble: 1, vs. West Virginia (09/04/2024) *
Fumble Recoveries: 1, at Florida Atlantic (09/17/2024) ^
* Career-high set at Maryland | ^ Set at UCF
2021 ESPN & On3 Midseason True Freshman All-American
Career Notes
Played in 37 career games with 26 starts … At Mississippi State has played in 25 games with 23 starts … Jennings concluded his collegiate career with 125 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, six QB hurries, four pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
2025 (Redshirt Senior Season)
Played in all 13 games making 12 starts … All 12 starts came at the JACK linebacker spot … Tallied 44 tackles, four QB hurries and two pass breakups … Had one double-digit tackle game … at Southern Miss (8/30): Has recorded multiple tackles in 13 played as a Bulldog ... vs Tennessee (9/27): earned the first double digit tackle game of the season ... set a career high in tackles ... also secured his career high in pass break ups again with one ... at Texas A&M (10/4): made his sixth career start ... at Florida (10/18): recorded his seventh straight start ... vs Texas(10/25): made his nineteenth straight start ... at Arkansas (11/1): earned a new career high in QB hurries ... vs Georgia (11/8): made his 21st straight start … vs Ole Miss (11/28): tied career high in pass breakups for the second time this season ... Fifth on the team in tackles for this game.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 11 starts … Recorded 56 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two pass breakups and four QB hurries … Second on the team in sacks … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut … First FBS game played since the 2022 season at UCF … Recorded six tackles, five assisted and one solo … Had a half tackle for loss for a one-yard loss … Finished second on the team in tackles ... at Arizona State (9/7): Record five tackles, one solo and four assisted ... Had a tackle for loss for a four-yard loss ... Had one sack for a loss of four yards ... Toledo (9/14): Recorded four assisted tackles ... Had half a tackle for loss of two yards ... Florida (9/21): Recorded two tackles, one solo and one assisted ... at Texas (9/28): Recorded five tackles, two solo and three assisted … Had a half tackle for loss for a loss of one yard ... Earned a half a sack for a loss of one yard ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded two solo tackles … earned one tackle for loss of two yards … had one pass break up … Texas A&M (10/19): Sixth straight start ... Recorded eight assisted tackles … had one QB hurry … set a new season-high in tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded five assisted tackles … Had one QB hurry … Had a half tackle for loss for a loss of one yard ... UMass (11/2): Recorded four tackles, one solo and three assisted … Had half a tackle for loss ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded four assisted tackles ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded two assisted … Had one QB hurry.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season – Hinds CC)
Earned NJCAA All-Region 23 honors in 2023 … Was named to the All-MACCC First Team … Led Hinds in tackles (58), solo tackles (42) and tackles for loss (6.5) … Had one sack on the year in which he forced, and recovered, a fumble and scored a touchdown on the play.
2022 (Sophomore Season – UCF)
Appeared in four games ... Totaled two tackles and one fumble recovery ... Earned a redshirt.
2021 (True Freshman Season – Maryland)
Appeared in eight games with three starts at linebacker ... Totaled 23 tackles (17 solo), one tackle for loss and one forced fumble ... Notched four solo tackles in win vs. Kent State (9/25) ... Tallied six tackles (two solo) in win at Illinois (9/17) ... In his first career start, he notched his second straight four-tackle game (all solo) and had his first career tackle for loss vs. Howard (9/11). Posted four tackles (three solo) and forced a key fumble in the third quarter in career debut vs. West Virginia (9/4) … ESPN & On3 Midseason True Freshman All-American ... Transfered to UCF.
High School
Consensus four-star linebacker ... 7th-ranked outside linebacker in the nation ... 16th-ranked player in Florida ... 67th-ranked player in the country according to ESPN ... ESPN 300 ... Rivals 100 ... 2019 Times-Union All-First Coast First Team Selection .. 2021 Under Armour All American ... One of 16 semifinalists for the Butkus Award for nation’s best linebacker ... Has recorded 127 tackles (84 solo), 19 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in 2020 senior season ... Two-time All-State ...Son of Bradley Jennings, three-year starting linebacker and national champion at Florida State ... Chose Maryland over Michigan, Florida State and Miami
Personal
Son of Bradley Jennings, three-year starting linebacker (1999-2001) and national champion at Florida State … Chose Mississippi State over Arkansas, Southern Miss and others
Career-Highs
Tackles: 10, vs. Tennessee (9/27/2025)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0, 2x, last at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Sacks: 1.0, at Arizona State (09/07/2024)
QB Hurries: 2, at Arkansas (11/1/2025)
Pass Breakups: 1, 4x, vs. Ole Miss (11/28/2025)
Forced Fumble: 1, vs. West Virginia (09/04/2024) *
Fumble Recoveries: 1, at Florida Atlantic (09/17/2024) ^
* Career-high set at Maryland | ^ Set at UCF
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