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Branden Albert # prospect in 2008 NFL Draft.

Branden Albert NFL Draft Bio

Branden B. Albert (born November 4, 1984) 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.

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 nations 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 offer Albert 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.

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.

Draft Year: 2008 NFL Football Draft Prospect Stats for Branden Albert

Pre-Rank	Prospect Name	Position Played	Height	Weight
	Branden Albert	Offensive Tackle	6' 5"	316 lbs
Round	Selected	Team	School	Hometown
1	15	Kansas City Chiefs	Virginia	Rochester, New York

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