Branden Albert
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| No. 76 Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 4, 1984 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Rochester, New York | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 314 lb (142 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Glen Burnie (MD) | ||||||
| College: | Virginia | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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| Games played: | 120 |
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| Games started: | 118 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Branden Albert (born November 4, 1984) is an American football offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Virginia and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs 15th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Miami Dolphins.
Albert grew up in a single-parent home in Rochester, New York. He failed his freshman year of high school twice and nearly flunked out of school midway through his third year as a ninth-grader. His mother, Susan Albert, decided to send him to Washington, D.C., where his older brother Ashley Sims, a defensive lineman for the Maryland Terrapins from 1994 to 1997, worked as a probation officer. As a junior at Glen Burnie High School, he started playing football. He was also a part of the basketball team, which made it to the state finals the final two years of Albert's career.
Considered only a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Albert was not ranked among the nation's top recruits. Because he had played football for only one season, but also because of Albert's poor grades, the University of Virginia was the only school to recruit Albert, first helping him enroll at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va to improve his grades, and subsequently offering him a scholarship.
Still struggling academically, Albert spent the 2004 season at Hargrave Military Academy. He played football and was able to obtain a qualifying grade-point average and standardized test score. Albert would later credit Hargrave and coach Robert Prunty for his later success.
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