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Interview: Alabama DB Brian Branch Sees Himself As A Fit Next To Minkah Fitzpatrick, Models Game After Troy Polamalu

Alabama safety Brian Branch could be a target for the Pittsburgh Steelers come Day One of the NFL Draft. A productive safety in the SEC, Branch can play all over the field and has talked about how he would love to be paired with fellow Alabama product Minkah Fitzpatrick.

Yesterday, Branch met with reporters and spoke about how much it would mean to him to play with Fitzpatrick, and said he’s even had dreams about it.

“[It’d be] Huge,” Branch said about being paired in the secondary with Fitzpatrick. “It’s something I’ve dreamed of, I have visions of, when I sleep and just being able to play along a player like that is big to me.