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NCAA record holder for most passes caught by a tight end in a career (231) ... NCAA record holder for most yards gained by a tight end in a career (2849) ... School record holder for touchdowns in a game with five (9/24/05), touchdown receptions in a game with five (9/24/05), and points in a game with 30 (9/24/05) … School’s all-time leader in career catches (203), receiving yards (2849), and touchdown receptions (35) …
2006: CAPTAIN ... Started all ten games ... Second on the team with 46 catches and 659 yards ... Had six touchdowns ... Averaged 14.3 yards per catch and 65.9 yards per game ... Fourth on the team in all-purpose yards with 65.9 per game ... Third in the Liberty League in touchdown receptions ... Fourth in catches, fifth in reception yards, sixth in receptions per game (4.6) and receiving yards per game, and ninth in yards per catch ... Caught seven passes for 121 yards at St. Lawrence (10/7) ... Had seven receptions, including two touchdowns, for 69 yards in Transit Trophy Game win over WPI (10/28) ... Registered 120 yards on seven catches in ECAC Championship Game win at SUNY Cortland (11/18) ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... D3Football.com All-East Region First Team ... D3Football.com All-American Second Team ... All-ECAC Northwest ... Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-Region First Team ... Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-American Honorable Mention ... Liberty League All-Academic ... D3Football.com Preseason National All-American First Team ... Street & Smith’s Preseason National All-American ... Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Pre-Season All-American Second Team ... Lindy’s Sports Annuals Pre-Season All-American Second Team ...
2005: Started all ten games … Caught 65 passes for 919 yards and 14 touchdowns … Averaged 14.1 
yards per catch and 91.9 receiving yards per game … Led the team in receiving yards, yards per catch, receiving yards per game and touchdown receptions … Second on the team in receptions, touchdowns and all purpose yards per game (91.9) … Had at least two catches in every game and at least four receptions in nine games ... Made ten-or-more catches in three games ... Had at least 90 receiving yards in five games and at least 100 yards in three games ... Caught at least one touchdown in seven games, including a three-TD and a five-TD effort ... Second in Liberty League in receiving yards per game, third in receptions per game (6.50) and fourth in scoring (8.6 points per game) ... Thirty-sixth in the nation in receptions per game, 38th in receiving yards per game and 48th in scoring ... 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 ... Liberty League All-Academic … ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 First Team … All-ECAC ... Football Gazette All-Region First Team … Football Gazette National All-America Second Team … ESPN the Magazine National Academic All-American Second Team … D3Football.com Preseason National All-American First Team … Street & Smith’s Preseason National All-American … Lindy’s Preseason All-Division III First Team … D3Football.com All-America First Team ... Had six receptions for 128 yards 
and a touchdown in win over Utica (9/17) … Caught a career-high 12 passes for 217 yards and a school record five touchdowns at Hobart (9/24) … Liberty League Offensive Performer of the Week and D3Football.com National Tight End of the Week following performance against the Statesmen … Made ten catches for 95 yards and three touchdowns in win over St. Lawrence (10/8) … D3Football.com National Tight End of the Week following performance against the Saints … Hauled in ten passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns in ECAC Northwest Bowl Game win at St. John Fisher (11/19) …
2004: Started all nine games … Team-leader with 53 catches for 757 yards and eight touchdowns … Averaged 84.1 receiving yards per game … Second on team with 48 points, 757 all-purpose yards and 84.1 yards per game … Second in Liberty League in receptions per game (5.9) … Ranked forty-fifth in the nation in receptions per game and forty-ninth in receiving yards per game (84.1) … Played on special teams … D3Football.com Tight End of the Week twice (9/13 & 11/1) … All-Liberty League Second Team … Football Gazette National All-American First Team … D3Football.com National All-American Honorable Mention … Team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player … Liberty League All-Academic … Caught season-high 11 passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns in season opening win at Endicott (9/11) … D3Football.com Tight End of the Week following his performance against the Gulls (9/13) … Pulled down six balls for 72 yards and one touchdown at Utica (9/18) … Had six catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns in win at Kings Point (10/23) … Registered season-high 131 yards on six catches in Transit Trophy Game win (10/30) … D3Football.com Tight End of the Week (11/1) … Posted 127 yards and two touchdowns on seven catches in win at Rochester (11/6) … Had six receptions, including a touchdown, for 64 yards in Dutchman Shoes Trophy Game (11/13) …
2003: Started all 13 games … Caught 39 passes for 514 yards and seven touchdowns … Averaged 13.2 yards per reception and 39.5 receiving yards per game … Had at least one catch in every game … Had two-or-more receptions in 11 games and four-or-more in five contests … Totaled at least 50 receiving yards in four games … Caught at least one touchdown pass in five games, including two with two scoring receptions … UCAA Rookie of the Week once … All-UCAA Second Team … Team’s Rookie of the Year … Caught four passes for 38 yards, including a long of 24 yards, in first-ever college game (9/13 at Utica) … Made two catches for 16 yards, including his first collegiate touchdown (6 yards), in Transit Trophy Game win at WPI (9/27) … Had season-high six receptions for 81 yards, including a 36-yarder, against Rochester (10/4) … Named UCAA Rookie of the Week following performance against the Yellowjackets (10/6) ... Scored on a 16-yard pass play at Hartwick (10/25) … Caught four balls for 57 yards at St. Lawrence (11/8) … Caught three passes for 62 yards, including a season-long 41-yarder, against Hobart (11/15) … Made three catches for 27 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown, in NCAA Playoff Game against Curry (11/22) … Caught two passes – both for touchdowns (20, 3 yards) – for 23 yards in NCAA Playoff Game at Springfield (11/29) … Had four catches for season-high 82 yards, including a long of 37 yards, and two touchdowns (37, 16 yards) in NCAA Regional Final win over Ithaca (12/6) …
High School: Played football and basketball, captaining both teams … Multiple team Most Valuable Player and All-Suburban Council in both … WNYT Student Athlete Award in both ... All-State Fourth Team in football as a senior … School’s Senior Male Athlete of the Year … High Honors … National Honor Society …
Personal: Management major … Dean’s List … Son of Valerie and John Branche ... Cousin, Mark Hulbert, was a quarterback at Colgate in the late 1980s.
