Coby Bryant
American football player (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coby Bryant (born March 29, 1999) is an American professional football safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
_(cropped).jpg) Bryant with the Bearcats in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 – Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | March 29, 1999 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||||
| College: | Cincinnati (2017–2021) | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 4 / pick: 109 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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Bryant grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Glenville High School.[1]
Bryant mostly played on special teams during his freshman season.[2] He was named a starter going into his sophomore year and had 33 tackles and two interceptions.[3] Bryant finished his junior season with 54 tackles, eight passes broken up and one interception.[4] Bryant was named first-team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) as a senior.[5] After considering entering the 2021 NFL draft, Bryant decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to Cincinnati for a fifth season.[6] Bryant repeated as a first-team All-AAC selection as a senior and was named the winner of the Jim Thorpe Award.[7]
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| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 1+3⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
193 lb (88 kg) |
30+5⁄8 in (0.78 m) |
9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.48 s | 1.56 s | 2.62 s | 4.33 s | 7.31 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) | 17 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[8][9] | ||||||||||||
Bryant was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks with the 109th pick in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL draft, which they originally acquired along with Jamal Adams in a 2020 trade with the New York Jets.[10] As a rookie, Bryant appeared in all 17 games and started six. He recorded two sacks, 70 total tackles, four passes defended, and four forced fumbles.[11]
On October 14, 2023, Bryant was placed on injured reserve with a toe injury.[12] He was activated on November 23.[13]
Bryant scored his first career touchdown on November 24th, 2024, with an interception return for a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals.[14] Later, he was awarded NFC Defensive Player of the Week.[15]
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Bryant was named after the basketball player Kobe Bryant but his parents changed the spelling for uniqueness.[16] He is the younger brother of former NFL safety Christian Bryant.[17] He wears his jersey number 8 as a tribute to Kobe Bryant.[18]
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