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Position: | Tailback, return specialist | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | January 1, 1971||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Susan Miller Dorsey (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||||||
College: | Washington | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
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Beno Bryant (born January 1, 1971) is a former American football return specialist and running back for the Seattle Seahawks.
Bryant attended Susan Miller Dorsey High School, participating in both football and track. In 1989, Bryant set a city record of 46.63 in the 400 meters. [1]
Bryant played at the University of Washington from 1989 to 1993, using a redshirt year in 1992. He holds many of Washington's career return records and was named to the 1990 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team as return specialist. The Seattle Times named Bryant as Washington's #3 special teams player of the Pac-10 era. [2]
In 1994, Bryant played in two games for the Seattle Seahawks. Bryant was drafted in 1996 and played for the Amsterdam Admirals of the World League of American Football, and then was drafted in 1997 by the Frankfurt Galaxy.
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