2021 Football Roster

18 Branden Smith

  • Position Cornerback
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Experience 5th
  • Hometown Lancaster, CA
  • High School Paraclete HS

Biography

Smith's Career Game Highs
Tackles: 3 (twice, last at Ole Miss, 2019)

Cal Career (2017 – Present)
• Has played in 27 career games all off the bench and posted a total of 17 tackles including a career-high 11 as a 2019 sophomore
• Redshirted as a 2017 true freshman and did not play during his 2020 junior season

Senior (2021)
• Has played for the first time since 2019 as a 2021 senior by appearing primarily on special teams and off the bench as a reserve cornerback in each of the first eight games before not playing at Arizona and has recorded four tackles
• Nevada - 1 tackle
• at TCU - participated
• Sacramento State - 4 tackles
• at Washington - participated
• Washington State - 2 tackles
• at Oregon - participated
• Colorado - participated
• Oregon State - participated

Junior (2020)
• Did not play

Sophomore (2019)
• Played in 12 games all off the bench and contributed 11 tackles
• Posted a career-high-tying three tackles in back-to-back games vs. North Texas and at Ole Miss
• Had single stop on five other occasions at Washington, vs. Arizona State, vs. Oregon State, at Utah and vs. Washington State
• Also played in games vs. UC Davis, at Oregon, vs. USC, at UCLA and in the Redbox Bowl against Illinois but had no stats other than participation
• Did not play at Stanford
• Did not play in the spring game

Freshman (2018)
• Played in seven games off the bench and recorded two tackles
• Saw the first action of his collegiate career in the season opener against North Carolina and recorded one tackle that he matched in the next game at BYU
• Played in the next five games against Idaho State, vs. Oregon, at Arizona, vs. UCLA and at Oregon State but did not record any statx other than participation before missing the season's final six games due to injury
• Recorded two tackles in the spring game
 
Freshman (2017)
• Redshirted
• Did not play

Cal Track And Field (2017-18) 
• Participated in track and field team as a 2017-18 true freshman but is no longer a member of the program
• Ran a season-best 10.98 in the 100 meters in Berkeley and was the leadoff leg of the 4x100 meter relay team that equaled Cal's best mark of the campaign (41.07) at the Pac-12/Big 10 Challenge as a 2017-18 freshman
• Best indoor times were a 6.95 60-meter dash at the Husky Invite and 22.24 200-meter dash at the MPSF Championships

Paraclete HS (Class Of 2017)
• Saw extensive action on both sides of the ball and special teams for three varsity squads that combined for a 28-14 record while winning three conference titles and compiled 1624 all-purpose yards as well as 68 tackles, five interceptions, 22 passes defended and one forced fumble on defense
• Finished his career with 63 catches for 1015 yards and five touchdown grabs to go with 18 kick returns for 560 yards and eight rushes for 56 yards
• Helped lead his 2016 senior team to state 3-AA and Gold Coast League Ocean Division titles as well as a 12-4 overall record after an 0-3 start by making significant contributions on both sides of the ball with career highs of 38 receptions for 317 yards as well as one touchdown on offense to go along with career highs of 38 tackles, four interceptions, 11 passes defended and one forced fumble on defense
• Had 14 receptions for 354 yards and a career-high three touchdown grabs as well as 20 tackles and eight passes defended for his 2015 junior team that reached the Southern Section Mid Valley Division quarterfinals
• Also had career highs of 13 kick returns, 409 kick return yards and an average of 31.5 yards per return as a junior
• Saw his first taste of varsity action as a 2014 sophomore when he had 11 receptions for 143 yards receiving and one touchdown on offense, five kick returns for 151 yards on special teams, and 10 tackles, one interception and three passes defended on defense for a team that finished 10-4 overall, won a Gold Coast League Valley Division title and reached the finals of the Southern Section Mid Valley Division playoffs
• Wore No. 24
• Also a member of the school’s track and field team as a sprinter who set school records for the 60 meters (7.04), 100 meters (10.67), 200 meters (21.57 wind-aided) and as part of a 4x100 meter relay team (42.41)
 
Other
• Born February 25, 1999
• Son of Terrell and Mia Smith
• Participated in Marshawn Lynch's Fam 1st Family turkey drive on Thanksgiving Day 2019
• Major is sociology

Last Updated
November 20, 2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 45

    2017Freshman

    Cornerback
    5'10" 165 lbs
    45
  • 45

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Cornerback
    5'10" 180 lbs
    45
  • 18

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Cornerback/Nickelback
    5'10" 170 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Cornerback
    5'10" 175 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Cornerback
    5'10" 185 lbs
    18