Brandin Bryant

Brandin Bryant (born September 16, 1993)[1] is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). [2] He played college football at Florida Atlantic and was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2016.

Brandin Bryant
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Bryant with the Cleveland Browns in 2019
No. 96 – Buffalo Bills
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1993-09-16) September 16, 1993
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school:Omaha North
(Omaha, Nebraska)
College:Florida Atlantic
Undrafted:2016
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Reserve/futures
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2022
Total tackles:9
Sacks:0.0
Forced fumbles:0
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

College career

Bryant first went to college at Fort Scott Community College as a redshirt freshman. He transferred to Florida Atlantic University, where he would be a starter for the following four seasons. He majored in communication and political science. During his junior season, he returned to Nebraska, where his grandfather had played in the mid-1950s. Over his four-year collegiate career, he totaled 121 total tackles (25.0 for a loss), 12.5 sacks, 2 passes defended and a forced fumble. He earned FAU's comeback player of the year award during the 2015 season.[1][3]

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

Bryant was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent on May 6, 2016.[4] He played in all four of their preseason games, compiling 3 total tackles.[5] On September 3, 2016, Bryant was waived by the Seahawks.[6]

New York Jets

On October 24, 2016, Bryant was signed to the New York Jets' practice squad.[7] He was promoted to the active roster on December 20, 2016.[8]

On August 4, 2017, Bryant was waived/injured by the Jets and placed on injured reserve.[9] He was waived from IR on August 9, 2017.[10]

Cleveland Browns

Bryant signed with the Cleveland Browns on August 9, 2019.[11] He was waived on August 31, 2019 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[12][13] The Browns elevated Bryant to their active roster on November 22, 2019. He was waived on December 21, 2019 and re-signed to the practice squad.[14] The Browns signed Bryant to their reserve/futures list on December 30, 2019.[15] Bryant was waived by the Browns on May 8, 2020.[16]

Miami Dolphins

Bryant was signed by the Miami Dolphins on August 12, 2020.[17] He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on August 15, 2020,[18] and activated the next day.[19] He was waived on September 5, 2020.[20]

Buffalo Bills

On September 17, 2020, Bryant was signed to the Buffalo Bills practice squad.[21] He was elevated to the active roster on October 31 for the team's week 8 game against the New England Patriots, and reverted to the practice squad after the game.[22] On January 26, 2021, Bryant signed a reserves/futures contract with the Bills.[23] He was waived on August 31, 2021 and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[24][25]

After the Bills were eliminated in the Divisional Round of the 2021 playoffs, Bryant signed a reserve/future contract on January 24, 2022.[26]

On August 30, 2022, Bryant was waived by the Bills and signed to the practice squad the next day.[27][28] He was promoted to the active roster on September 24.[29] He was released on November 1.

Houston Texans

On November 7, 2022, Bryant was signed to the Houston Texans practice squad.[30] He was released on December 12.

Buffalo Bills (second stint)

On December 13, 2022, the Buffalo Bills signed Bryant to the 53-man roster.[31] On December 19 he was released.[32] On December 21, he was re-signed to the practice squad.[33] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 23, 2023.[34]

References
  1. "fausports.com Brandin Bryant Bio – Florida Atlantic Official Athletic Site". Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. "Brandin Bryant (DT): Bio, News, Stats & more". www.buffalobills.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  3. "Brandin Bryant College Stats - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  4. Boyle, John (May 6, 2016). "Seahawks Sign 13 Undrafted Free Agents and 9 of 10 Draft Picks". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  5. "Brandin Bryant: Game Logs at NFL.com". Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  6. Arthur, Kenneth (September 3, 2016). "Seahawks final cuts 2016: Full list of players released as Seattle gets down to 53-man roster". FieldGulls.com. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  7. Allen, Eric (October 24, 2016). "Jets Sign DL Brandin Bryant to Practice Squad". NewYorkJets.com. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  8. Greenberg, Ethan (December 20, 2016). "Jets Place Winters and Catapano on IR". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  9. Allen, Eric (August 4, 2017). "Jets Sign DL Still & Faulk". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  10. Bouda, Nate (August 10, 2017). "Jets Waive DL Brandin Bryant From I.R. With Settlement".
  11. "Browns sign DT Brandin Bryant, T Travis Vornkahl". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 9, 2019.
  12. "Browns cut roster to 53 players". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 31, 2019.
  13. "Browns announce nine additions to practice squad". ClevelandBrowns.com. September 1, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  14. "Browns elevate DE Robert McCray to active roster". ClevelandBrowns.com. December 21, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  15. "Browns sign 8 players". ClevelandBrowns.com. December 30, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  16. Gribble, Andrew (May 8, 2020). "Browns re-sign WR Rashard Higgins". ClevelandBrowns.com.
  17. "Dolphins Sign Brandin Bryant". www.miamidolphins.com. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  18. "Dolphins Awarded Jeremiah Dinson". MiamiDolphins.com. August 15, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  19. "Dolphins Waive Two, Activate Brandin Bryant". MiamiDolphins.com. August 16, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  20. "Dolphins Acquire Lynn Bowden, Make Roster Moves". MiamiDolphins.com. September 5, 2020.
  21. Brown, Chris (September 17, 2020). "Bills elevate CB Cam Lewis to active roster, add two to practice squad". BuffaloBills.com.
  22. "Bills activate CB Levi Wallace; elevate CB Dane Jackson". BuffaloBills.com. October 31, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  23. "Bills signed these 13 players to reserve/future contracts". www.buffalobills.com. January 26, 2021. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  24. "Bills release 23 players to set the initial 2021 53-man roster". BuffaloBills.com. August 31, 2021.
  25. "Bills sign 15 players to the 2021 practice squad". BuffaloBills.com. September 1, 2021.
  26. Jenkins, Chris (January 24, 2022). "Bills sign 10 players to reserve/future contracts for 2022". BuffaloBills.com. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  27. "Roster moves: Bills set initial 53-man roster". BuffaloBills.com. August 30, 2022.
  28. "Bills sign 13 players to practice squad". BuffaloBills.com. August 31, 2022.
  29. Williams, Charean (September 24, 2022). "Bills place Micah Hyde on IR; sign Brandin Bryant, Prince Emili to active roster". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
  30. "Houston Texans Transactions (11-7-2022)". HoustonTexans.com. November 7, 2022.
  31. @BuffaloBillsPR (December 13, 2022). "Bills roster moves: -Signed DT Brandin Bryant to the 53-man roster -Signed WR Cole Beasley to the practice squad -Released DT C.J. Brewer -Released WR Marquez Stevenson from the practice squad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. @BuffaloBills (December 19, 2022). "We've activated OL @IkeBoettger from Reserve/PUP and released DT Brandin Bryant" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  33. @BuffaloBillsPR (December 21, 2022). "Bills practice squad transactions: Re-signed DT Brandin Bryant to the practice squad Released DT Kendal Vickers from the practice squad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  34. Jenkins, Chris (January 23, 2023). "Bills signed these players to reserve/future contracts for 2023". BuffaloBills.com.
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