1. Deion Branch is the current Wide Receivers coach at the University of Louisville.
38 Facts About Deion Branch
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Deion Branch was selected by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft.
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Deion Branch was the first receiver to win the award since 1989 when Jerry Rice had his 11 catch game.
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Deion Branch played for the Seattle Seahawks from 2006 to 2010 before a second stint with the Patriots for the next two seasons, which included an appearance in Super Bowl XLVI.
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Deion Branch attended Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, where he lettered in both football and track and field.
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In 1998, Deion Branch had 70 receptions for 1,012 yards and nine touchdowns, while returning 15 punts for a 12.8 yard average and 17 kickoffs for a 19.6 yard average.
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Deion Branch was named an All-Conference USA first-team selection in addition to being voted the Cardinals' Most Valuable Player and Outstanding Offensive Performer.
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Deion Branch returned 10 punts for 112 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown return.
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Deion Branch was again named a first-team All-Conference USA selection following the season.
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Deion Branch was selected by the Patriots in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft.
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Deion Branch finished the season with 43 catches for 489 yards and two touchdowns, ranking him third on the team behind Troy Brown and David Patten.
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In Week 4 against the San Diego Chargers, Deion Branch caught 13 passes, the second-highest single-game total by a rookie in NFL history.
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In 2003, Deion Branch started 11 of 15 games played for the Patriots, missing only the team's Week 6 game against the Tennessee Titans with an injury.
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Deion Branch led the team with 57 catches for 803 yards, recording first downs on 40 of his receptions, 24 of which came on third down.
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Deion Branch returned in 2004 to start the Patriots' first two games of the season before suffering a leg injury in the first half of the team's Week 2 game against the Arizona Cardinals.
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Deion Branch had a 60-yard touchdown catch in the Patriots' AFC Championship game win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, earning him NFL Offensive Player of Championship Sunday honors.
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Deion Branch was named Super Bowl MVP, the first wide receiver to do so since 1989.
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In 2005, Deion Branch played in 16 games for the first time, setting career highs with 78 receptions for 998 yards and five touchdowns.
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Deion Branch subsequently signed a six-year, $39 million contract extension with the Seahawks.
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Deion Branch finished the season ranked second on the team with 53 receptions for 725 yards and four touchdowns.
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Deion Branch added 8 catches for 96 yards in the team's two playoff games.
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Deion Branch had 343 yards for the Seahawks in the first five games of the 2007 season, before suffering a foot sprain and not returning until Week 11.
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Deion Branch went on to start six more games before a strained right calf kept him out of the team's final regular season game against the Atlanta Falcons and their Wild Card playoff win over the Washington Redskins.
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Deion Branch returned for the Seahawks' loss to the Green Bay Packers the next week but did not record a reception.
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Deion Branch finished the regular season third on the team with 49 catches for 661 yards and four touchdowns.
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In 2008, Deion Branch missed eight of the first nine games to injury but started the team's other seven games.
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Deion Branch finished the season fourth on the team with 30 catches for 412 yards and four touchdowns.
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Deion Branch returned in 2009 to play in 14 games, recording 45 catches for 437 yards and two touchdowns.
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Deion Branch began his final season in Seattle in 2010 by starting three of the team's first four games, catching 13 passes for 112 yards and one touchdown.
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On October 11,2010, Deion Branch was traded back to the Patriots for a fourth-round selection in the 2011 NFL draft.
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On Thanksgiving, Week 12, against the Detroit Lions, Deion Branch had a career long 79-yard touchdown catch from Brady in the third quarter, and added a 22-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter in a Patriots win.
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Two weeks later, against the Chicago Bears, Deion Branch caught a 59-yard touchdown pass from Brady at the end of the first half of a Patriots victory.
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In 11 games, of which he started nine, with the Patriots in 2010, Deion Branch had 48 receptions for 706 yards and five touchdowns.
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In 2011, Deion Branch had five touchdown receptions and 702 receiving yards.
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On January 8,2014, Deion Branch signed with the Indianapolis Colts for the duration of the playoffs.
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On February 7,2016, Deion Branch appeared on the field at Levi's Stadium before Super Bowl 50 as the NFL honored 43 years of Super Bowl MVPs just as he did on February 5,2006, on Ford Field during the same ceremony before Super Bowl XL.
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Shortly after Deiondre was born in 2004, Branch set up the Deion Branch Foundation, aimed at helping children.
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Deion Branch was the director of player development at Louisville before the departure of Scott Satterfield at the end of the 2022 regular season to accept a different position required an interim coach.