No. 8 – Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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Born: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | March 29, 1999||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
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 2023 | |||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Coby Bryant (born March 29, 1999) is an American football safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Cincinnati.
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]
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. [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 is the younger brother of former NFL safety Christian Bryant. [14]
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