Brandon Bryant (American football)
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Position: | Safety |
Personal information | |
Born: | Tunica, Mississippi, U.S. | December 21, 1995
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Rosa Fort (Tunica County, Mississippi) |
College: | Mississippi State |
Undrafted: | 2018 |
Career history | |
Brandon Ladarius Bryant[1] (born December 21, 1995) is a former gridiron football safety. He played college football at Mississippi State.
High school career
[edit]Bryant attended Rosa Fort High School in Tunica, Mississippi, where he played quarterback and safety.[1] Bryant was rated as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com,[2] Rivals.com,[3] Scout.com,[4] and ESPN.[5] He committed to Mississippi State on November 4, 2013.[6]
College career
[edit]Freshman season (2015)
[edit]After sitting out the 2014 season as a redshirt,[1] Bryant saw action in all 13 games in 2015, starting in eight of them.
Bryant was a backup safety for the first five games of the season before taking over starting duties in a 45–17 win over Troy, a game where he forced a fumble on Troy's first drive.[7] The following week against Louisiana Tech, Bryant recorded his first collegiate interception and returned it for a touchdown[8] and also recovered a blocked punt.[1]
Later that season, on an SEC Network broadcast, Tim Tebow named Bryant the "Freak of Week," citing Bryant's ability to run a 40-yard dash in 4.24 seconds and to deadlift 600 pounds.[9] Bryant caught another interception in a loss to Alabama.[10]
Sophomore season (2016)
[edit]Bryant was named by The Clarion-Ledger as the Bulldogs' second-most important player in 2016.[11] He was called the "top playmaker" on the team and the backbone of the Bulldog defense. Bryant had an interception against Samford.[1]
Junior season (2017)
[edit]Bryant again played in all 13 games in the Bulldogs' 2017 season, bringing down an interception against in a win over BYU.[1]
Professional career
[edit]New York Jets
[edit]After failing to be drafted in the 2018 supplemental NFL draft, Bryant signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent on July 16, 2018.[12] He was waived on September 1, 2018, and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[13][14] He was promoted to the active roster on December 29, 2018.[15] He was waived/injured on August 29, 2019,[16] and placed on the team's injured reserve list the next day. He was waived from injured reserve with an injury settlement on September 10.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
[edit]Bryant signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL on April 16, 2020.[17] He retired from football on June 28, 2021.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Brandon Bryant". HailState.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Brandon Bryant". 247sports.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Brandon Bryant". Rivals.com. Yahoo. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Brandon Bryant". Scout.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Brandon Bryant". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Lowery, Logan (June 28, 2013). "Bryant commits to the Bulldogs". DJournal.com. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- ^ "Mississippi State beats Troy 45-17". ESPN.com. October 10, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Prescott leads Mississippi State over Louisiana Tech 45-20". ESPN.com. October 17, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Tebow's Freak of the Week: Brandon Bryant". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Bonner, Michael (November 19, 2015). "MSU's Bryant showing a nose for the ball as a starter". ClarionLedger.com. The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Bonner, Michael (July 7, 2016). "No. 2: Brandon Bryant". ClarionLedger.com. The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Allen, Eric (July 16, 2018). "Jets Sign S Brandon Bryant, Waive WR Devin Smith". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ Lange, Randy (September 1, 2018). "Final Cutdown: Jets Reach 53-Player Active Roster". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ Greenberg, Ethan (September 2, 2018). "Jets Sign Four Players to Their Practice Squad". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ Allen, Eric; Greenberg, Ethan (December 29, 2018). "Jets Place CB Morris Claiborne, WR Quincy Enunwa and LB Kevin Pierre-Louis on Injured Reserve". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ "Jets' Brandon Bryant: Waived/injured by Jets". CBSSports.com. August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
- ^ "Tiger-Cats sign linebacker Bryant". TiCats.ca. April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Tiger-Cats add three players on defence". TiCats.ca. June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1995 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Mississippi
- American football defensive backs
- People from Tunica, Mississippi
- Sportspeople from the Memphis metropolitan area
- Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
- New York Jets players
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople