Nate Branch holds the WR-X · Backup spot in App State Mountaineers’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Nate Branch is a wide receiver for App State listed at 5'9" and 175 pounds. The Hopkins, South Carolina native from Lower Richland High School was a three-star recruit in the Class of 2023. After spending a post-graduate year following high school, he played at Charleston Southern in 2024 without appearing in games. Branch transferred to Itawamba Community College, where he caught 40 passes for 482 yards and nine touchdowns in 2025, earning Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference first-team honors. He had three multi-touchdown games and two 100-plus yard performances for Itawamba.