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**Branden Albert**
	No. 76 Kansas City Chiefs
	Offensive tackle
Personal information
	Date of birth: November 4, 1984 (age 25)
	Place of birth: Rochester, New York
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Weight: 316 lb (143 kg)
Career information
	College: Virginia
	NFL Draft: 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15
	Debuted in 2008 for the Kansas City Chiefs
Career history
	As player:; Kansas City Chiefs (2008–present);
	Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
	2006 First Team All-ACC;
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
Games played	20
Games started	20
Fumble recoveries	0
Stats at NFL.com

Branden B. Albert (born November 4, 1984 in Rochester, New York) is an American football offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chiefs 15th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia.

[edit] Early years

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.^[1] 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 nations top recruits.^[2] Because he had played football for only one season, the University of Virginia was the only school to offer Albert a scholarship.^[1]

[edit] College career

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.^[1]

Albert started all 37 games during his three-year career at Virginia, mostly at the offensive guard position as D'Brickashaw Ferguson and later five-star recruit Eugene Monroe occupied the left tackle spot. He was only the second Virginia freshman since 1972 to start on the offensive line. Albert earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a junior.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] 2008 NFL Draft

Albert was the fourth offensive tackle taken in the draft, as well as the second Virginia Cavalier (behind No. 2 pick Chris Long).

Ht	Wt	40-yard dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20 ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
Pre-draft measureables
6-5 *	309 lb *	5.17 *		2.96 *	4.78 *	7.97 *	26 in. *		23 *

(* represents NFL Combine)

[edit] Kansas City Chiefs

On July 24, 2008, Albert signed a five-year contract with the Chiefs.^[3] Despite missing all four preseason games with a foot injury suffered at training camp, Albert started 15 games at left tackle and was inactive for one contest.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Schlabach, Mark (September 29, 2005). "For Albert, a Learning Experience". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802248.html.
^ Brandon Albert Profile - Football Recruiting
^ Chiefs agree to terms with first-round pick | Red Zone

[edit] External links

[SchlabachWP-0] Schlabach, Mark (September 29, 2005). "For Albert, a Learning Experience". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802248.html.

[1] Brandon Albert Profile - Football Recruiting

[2] Chiefs agree to terms with first-round pick | Red Zone

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