Junior cornerback on California's 2021 roster.
5′10″ · 175 lb · Lancaster, CA
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1019 nationally · Signed with California
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 cornerback on California's roster.
Branden Smith
Third year in the California secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 2 tackles against Washington State — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at California, 21 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 20-18 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | California | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | California | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | California | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 42–30
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out Sacramento State at home in a shootout.
With C. Garbers — 288 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.8 · 68 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · N. Remigio — 1 rec · 18 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-22vs Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-30vs Sacramento State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-21vs Washington State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 41-11@ Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |