Colin Branch is an American football

American football

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 free safety who plays for the NFL

National Football League

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 and is a free agent

Free agent

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. Graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1998, he was drafted out of Stanford

Stanford University

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 in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft

2003 NFL Draft

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 by the Panthers. He signed with the Raiders on June 8, 2007 and released by them on August 28, 2007.

He is currently married to the former April Sage of North Charleston, SC and they have four children together, son Kendrick, daughter Sage, and son Aaron, and son Salem Calvin (named after Colin's father, Calvin Stanley Branch, and brother Calvin Stanley Branch, Jr.

Calvin Branch

Calvin Stanley Branch is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played for five seasons for the Oakland Raiders. He works as a scout for the Raiders....

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