Coby Bryant (born March 29, 1999) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...

for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

Early life and high school

Bryant grew up in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

and attended

Glenville High School Glenville High School is a public high school in the Glenville area on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. The school is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school originally resided at the former Oliver Wendell Holmes school ( ...

College career

Bryant mostly played on special teams during his freshman season. He was named a starter going into his sophomore year and had 33 tackles and two interceptions. Bryant finished his junior season with 54 tackles, eight passes broken up and one interception. Bryant was named first-team All-

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as a senior. 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. Bryant repeated as a first-team All-AAC selection as a senior and was named the winner of the

Jim Thorpe Award The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. It is voted on by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, the award became sponsored by Paycom ...

Professional career

Bryant was drafted by the

with the 109th pick in the fourth round of the

2022 NFL Draft The 2022 NFL Draft was the 87th edition of the National Football League's annual draft and was held from April 28–30, 2022, at the Caesars Forum on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The first round was held on Thursday, April 28, and w ...

Personal life

Bryant is the younger brother of former NFL safety

Christian Bryant Christian Bryant (born March 21, 1992) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State. Early years Bryant attended Glenville High ...

References

External links

Seattle Seahawks bioCincinnati Bearcats bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryant, Coby Living people Players of American football from Cleveland American football cornerbacks Cincinnati Bearcats football players All-American college football players 1999 births Seattle Seahawks players