Team

PRO:  Signed to the Bills practice squad on September 2, 2008 after being released by Oakland on August 30… originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Raiders on May 1, 2008.

2008: Spent the 16-week season on the team’s practice squad

COLLEGE: Started 36 of 37 games played at Arizona State, including 13 at left tackle as a senior… earned honorable mention All-Pac 10 in his final three years… was a four-time recipient of Pac-10 All-Academic honors in addition to second-team recognition as a junior and senior.

2007: Started all 13 games at left tackle, earning honorable mention All-Pac-10 recognition and Second-Team Pac-10 All-Academic honors… awarded ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII honors… invited to play in the 2008 East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl postseason all-star games… named ASU’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman of the Year… part of an offense that finished third in scoring in the Pac-10 (32.3 ppg)… became one of five Sun Devils and eight ASU offensive linemen to have earned his undergraduate degree prior to the start of the season.

2006: Saw action in 11 games, making 10 starts at left tackle… was a honorable mention All-Pac 10 honors and named second team Pac-10 All-Academic… helped offense finish second in Pac-10 with an average of 169.7 rushing yards per game.

2005: One of five Sun Devils to start all 12 games… earned honorable mention All-Pac 10 honors and for the second straight year honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors… paved way for offense that finished first in the conference and third in the nation in passing yards per game (373.4 avg), second in the Pac-10 and third in the nation in total offense (519.1 avg) and third in the Pac-10 and seventh in the nation in scoring offense (36.8 avg).

2004: Started the season opener vs. UTEP (9/2) before leaving the game with a right knee injury… was granted medical redshirt and earned honorable-mention All-Pac 10 Academic accolades.

2003: Redshirted as a member of the scout team.

PERSONAL: Attended Aiea (Hawaii) High School… was an all-state selection in 2002, O.I.A. Red Division Football All-Star and earned Aiea High School Lineman of the Week five times in 2003… lettered four times in football and four years in paddling… earned his degree in interdisciplinary studies (business education) in May of 2007… son of Valeriz Lee… has a brother, Jared, and two sisters Aimee and Nicol… full name is Brandon Edward Kaina Rodd.

COMMUNITY: In 2008, Brandon participated in the Toyota Rookie Club appearing at numerous community events throughout Western New York and Southern Ontario.  The Toyota Rookie Club helps the franchises newest players become more involved in the Western New York community. Each month, Brandon and all first year players did one community appearance as a group.   The Toyota Rookie Club events included a visit to Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo to paint ceiling tiles for the rooms and hallways and host a pizza party, a visit to the Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario to discuss the importance of sport and activity with the student-athletes and to present the football team with $3,000 in new equipment for the school’s football program, and a trip to the Northwest Buffalo Community Center in November 2008 where the Rookie Club Members served Thanksgiving Dinner to approximately 300 children and families.  In addition to serving food, the players introduced themselves to the community members during a brief ceremony, sat and ate with them, and signed autographs.

The final Rookie Club appearance of 2008 took place at the Annual Bills Holiday Party.  The Rookie Club and Bills veterans hosted nearly 100 children from a number of different local community organizations. The Annual Holiday Party gives children from the organizations an opportunity to celebrate the holidays with the Bills players, Jills cheerleaders, Billy Buffalo, and Santa Claus. The children received a holiday dinner, pictures and autographs and gifts from a wish list that they had previously submitted.

In addition to his work with the Rookie Club, Brandon also participated in NFL Day at the Movies at Regal Cinemas and the 2009 NFL Draft Day Party at Ralph Wilson Stadium.