Bengals confirm free agent visit

Former Carolina Panthers safety Colin Branch visited the Bengals on Monday, the team confirmed today.

Branch, 27, was a fourth-round pick by the Panthers out of Stanford in 2003. He played in 16 games as a rookie and in 2004 and 2006. He missed all of 2005 with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

He has four career interceptions. The 5-11, 205-pound Branch was declared a free agent March 2.