2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 58
Branson Deen
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- DT
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 280
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Lawrence Central
Bio
2022 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts
• Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
• Totaled 28 tackles, 18 solos, and four tackles-for-loss
• Ended the season with 2.5 sacks
• Career-high six tackles at Minnesota (Oct. 1)
• Made four tackles with 0.5 for a loss in the Big Ten Championship against Michigan (Dec. 3)
• Served as a captain for the games against Syracuse (Sept. 17) and Illinois (Nov. 12)
2021 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Named All-Big Ten honorable mention by coaches and media
• Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts
• Tallied 26 tackles, 14 unassisted, and four quarterback hurries
• Finished second on the team in tackles-for loss with 9.5 for 28 yards
• Four sacks tied for fourth on the team, totaling 21 yards
• Finished with a sack and 1.5 tackles-for-loss against UConn (Sept. 11)
• Notched 1.5 sacks and five tackles at Iowa (Oct. 16)
• Had three tackles-for-loss in win over Indiana (Nov. 27)
2020 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Appeared in all six games, making four starts
• Had 12 tackles, nine solo, on the year
• Recorded 2.0 tackles for loss, including a sack
• Finished with a solo tackle vs. Iowa on Oct. 24
• Tallied a season-high four total tackles at Illinois on Oct. 31
• Had two solo stops vs. Northwestern on Nov. 15
• Recorded a solo tackle at Minnesota on Nov. 20
• Recorded a safety on a sack and had two TFLs as part of a season-high four solo tackles vs. Rutgers on Nov. 28
2019 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Appeared in nine games as a reserve
• Finished with eight tackles, seven solo, and broke up one pass on the year
• Had a solo tackle at Nevada on Aug. 30
• Finished with an assisted stop vs. TCU on Sept. 19
• Had a season-high two solo stops vs. Minnesota on Sept. 28
• Tied his season-high with two solo stops and broke up a pass at Northwestern on Nov. 9
2018 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Did not play
HIGH SCHOOL
• Lawrence Central went 6-4 in 2017, advancing to the Indiana 6A state playoffs
• Had 42 total tackles as a senior in 2017
• Lawrence Central allowed merely 257 yards of total offense to Bishop Chatard on Aug. 25
• Warren Central amassed only 271 total yards in its Sept. 8 meeting with Lawrence Central
• Helped lead a defense that held Center Grove to 200 yards of total offense on Sept. 22
• Assisted in limiting Carmel to 266 total yards on Oct. 13
• Finished with 14 tackles and a sack as a junior in 2016
PERSONAL
• Given name is Branson Milan Deen
• Birthdate: Feb. 12, 2000
• Major: Industrial Engineering Technology
• Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts
• Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
• Totaled 28 tackles, 18 solos, and four tackles-for-loss
• Ended the season with 2.5 sacks
• Career-high six tackles at Minnesota (Oct. 1)
• Made four tackles with 0.5 for a loss in the Big Ten Championship against Michigan (Dec. 3)
• Served as a captain for the games against Syracuse (Sept. 17) and Illinois (Nov. 12)
2021 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Named All-Big Ten honorable mention by coaches and media
• Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts
• Tallied 26 tackles, 14 unassisted, and four quarterback hurries
• Finished second on the team in tackles-for loss with 9.5 for 28 yards
• Four sacks tied for fourth on the team, totaling 21 yards
• Finished with a sack and 1.5 tackles-for-loss against UConn (Sept. 11)
• Notched 1.5 sacks and five tackles at Iowa (Oct. 16)
• Had three tackles-for-loss in win over Indiana (Nov. 27)
2020 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Appeared in all six games, making four starts
• Had 12 tackles, nine solo, on the year
• Recorded 2.0 tackles for loss, including a sack
• Finished with a solo tackle vs. Iowa on Oct. 24
• Tallied a season-high four total tackles at Illinois on Oct. 31
• Had two solo stops vs. Northwestern on Nov. 15
• Recorded a solo tackle at Minnesota on Nov. 20
• Recorded a safety on a sack and had two TFLs as part of a season-high four solo tackles vs. Rutgers on Nov. 28
2019 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Appeared in nine games as a reserve
• Finished with eight tackles, seven solo, and broke up one pass on the year
• Had a solo tackle at Nevada on Aug. 30
• Finished with an assisted stop vs. TCU on Sept. 19
• Had a season-high two solo stops vs. Minnesota on Sept. 28
• Tied his season-high with two solo stops and broke up a pass at Northwestern on Nov. 9
2018 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Did not play
HIGH SCHOOL
• Lawrence Central went 6-4 in 2017, advancing to the Indiana 6A state playoffs
• Had 42 total tackles as a senior in 2017
• Lawrence Central allowed merely 257 yards of total offense to Bishop Chatard on Aug. 25
• Warren Central amassed only 271 total yards in its Sept. 8 meeting with Lawrence Central
• Helped lead a defense that held Center Grove to 200 yards of total offense on Sept. 22
• Assisted in limiting Carmel to 266 total yards on Oct. 13
• Finished with 14 tackles and a sack as a junior in 2016
PERSONAL
• Given name is Branson Milan Deen
• Birthdate: Feb. 12, 2000
• Major: Industrial Engineering Technology
