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American football player (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brandon Ladarius Bryant[1] (born December 21, 1995) is a former gridiron football safety. He played college football at Mississippi State.
Bryant in 2015 | |
| No. 38, 40 | |
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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 21, 1995 Tunica, Mississippi, U.S. |
| 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 | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
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]
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]
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]
Bryant again played in all 13 games in the Bulldogs' 2017 season, bringing down an interception against in a win over BYU.[1]
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.
Bryant signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL on April 16, 2020.[17] He retired from football on June 28, 2021.[18]
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