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Jonathan P. Branche

  • Class
    2007
  • Induction
    2015
  • Sport(s)
    Football
19164Tight End ... Set NCAA records for passes caught by tight end in career (203) and yards by tight end in career (2849) ... School record with five touchdown catches in game ... 2003: Started all 13 games ... Caught 39 passes for 514 yards and seven touchdowns ... Averaged 13.2 yards per reception and 39.5 yards per game ... UCAA Rookie of the Week once ... All-UCAA Second Team ... 2004: Started all nine games ... Led team with 53 catches ... Had 757 receiving yards and eight touchdowns ... Averaged 84.1 receiving yards per game ... D3football.com Tight End of the Week twice ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... Football Gazette National All-America First Team ... D3football.com National All-America Honorable Mention ... Team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player ... Liberty League All-Academic ... 2005: D3football.com Preseason National All-America First Team ... Street & Smith’s Preseason National All-America ... Lindy’s Preseason All-Division III First Team ... Started all 10 games ... Caught 65 passes for 919 yards and 14 touchdowns ... Averaged 14.1 yards per catch and 91.9 receiving yards per game ... Led team in receiving yards, yards per catch, receiving yards per game and touchdown receptions ... Liberty League Offensive Performer of the Week once ... D3football.com Tight End of the Week twice ... All-Liberty League First Team ... D3football.com All-Region First Team ... All-ECAC ... Football Gazette All-Region First Team ... Football Gazette National All-America Second Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 First Team ... ESPN the Magazine National Academic All-America Second Team ... D3football.com All-America First Team ... 2006: Captain ... D3football.com Preseason National All-America First Team ... Street & Smith’s Preseason National All-America ... Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Pre-Season All-America Second Team ... Lindy’s Sports Annuals Pre-Season All-American Second Team ... Started all 10 games ... Had 46 catches and 659 receiving yards along with six touchdowns ... Averaged 14.3 yards per catch and 65.9 yards per game ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... D3football.com All-East Region First Team ... All-ECAC Northwest ... Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-Region First Team ... D3football.com All-America Second Team ... Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-America Honorable Mention ... Liberty League All-Academic ... Other: D3football.com All-Decade Team of 2000s ... Personal: Business and Management major ... Schenectady, New York ... Colonie High School.
 
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