 Career Highlights
• Will serve as a captain for the 2007 team
• Entering his third year as a starter
• One of four returning starters on the line
• Honorable Mention All-ACC in 2006
• Third-team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News in 2005 Career Honors
2006: Honorable Mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference ...
first-team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors
Association ... first-team All-State by the Roanoke Times ... ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week following UVa[apos]s game against NC State (Oct. 30). 2005: Third-team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News ... ACC All-Freshman Team by The Sporting News ... ACC Rookie of the Week for his play against Duke on Sept. 24. Additional UVa Notes
2006: Allowed just one sack during the season ... first-team All-State
by Virginia Sports Information Directors ...started all 12 games at
left guard for the second year in a row ... named the ACC Offensive
Lineman of the Week after 14-7 win vs. NC State ... earned his second
letter. 2005: ACC All-Freshman Team by The Sporting News ... ACC Rookie
of the Week for his play against Duke on Sept. 24 ... a former
basketball standout who was installed as the starter at left guard in
training camp and remained there all season ... started every game and
earned freshman All-American honors ... started in the Music City Bowl
vs. Minnesota to become just the fourth true freshman offensive lineman
to start a bowl game for UVa, joining Brad Butler, Ian-Yates
Cunningham, and D’Brickashaw Ferguson ... named ACC Rookie of the Week
for the Duke contest on Sept. 24, just the third game of his career ...
earned his first letter.
HIGH SCHOOL: Didn't begin playing football until his junior year in 2002 ... was a basketball standout before taking up football ... spent the 2004 season as an offensive tackle for coach Robert Prunty at Hargrave Military Academy ... 4 stars by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... No. 12 Prep School player by Rivals.com ... rated the No. 38 offensive lineman in the country by Scout.com ... anchored both the offensive and defensive lines for coach Brad Wilson at Glen Burnie HS ... named first-team All-Met offensive lineman by the Baltimore Sun as a senior ... also earned first-team All-Anne Arundel County honors by the Baltimore Sun in 2003 ... made 65 tackles as a senior ... also played basketball and averaged 15.5 points and 10.6 rebounds per game as a season ... earned second-team All-Met by the Baltimore Sun ... scored nine points for the Baltimore All-Stars at the Marines Charm City Challenge. PERSONAL: Branden B. Albert ... born 11-4-84 in Rochester, N.Y. ... son of Susan Albert ... has an older brother, Ashley, and an older sister, Sylvia.
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