Harrison Bryant
{{Short description|American football player (born 1998)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Harrison Bryant
| image = Harrison Bryant (51371897471).jpg
| caption = Bryant with the Cleveland Browns in 2021
| current_team = Philadelphia Eagles
| number = 85
| position = Tight end
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|23}}
| birth_place = Macon, Georgia, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 243
| high_school = John Milledge Academy (Milledgeville, Georgia)
| college = Florida Atlantic (2016–2019)
| draftyear = 2020
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 115
| pastteams =
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2020|2023}})
- Las Vegas Raiders ({{NFL Year|2024}})
- Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2025}}–present)
| status = Active
| highlights =
- PFWA All-Rookie Team (2020)
- John Mackey Award (2019)
- Unanimous All-American (2019)
- 2× First-team All-Conference USA (2018, 2019)
- Second-team All-Conference USA (2017)
| statleague = NFL
| statseason = 2024
| statweek =
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 98
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 877
| statlabel4 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue4 = 10
| pfr = B/BryaHa00
}}
Harrison Bryant (born April 23, 1998) is an American professional football tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Atlantic Owls, where he was a unanimous All-American and won the John Mackey Award. Bryant was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft.
Early life
Bryant grew up in Gray, Georgia, and attended John Milledge Academy, where he played baseball, basketball, and was a two-way starter for the football team. He originally played offensive tackle before moving to tight end going into his senior year. As a senior, Harrison had 39 receptions for 608 yards and scored 10 touchdowns on offense and 100 tackles with 11 sacks on defense.{{Cite web |last=Hobbs |first=Billy |date=February 3, 2016 |title=John Milledge football standouts sign to play college ball |url=https://www.unionrecorder.com/sports/john-milledge-football-standouts-sign-to-play-college-ball/article_f327525c-cac5-11e5-b63c-b32679798451.html |access-date=December 11, 2019 |website=The Union-Recorder}}
College career
As a true freshman, Bryant caught six passes for 63 yards. The following season, he became the Owls starting tight end and finished the year with 32 receptions for 408 yards and five touchdowns and was named second-team All-Conference USA.{{Cite web |last=Elman |first=Jake |title=After impressive 2017 season, junior Harrison Bryant ready to lead talented FAU tight end group |url=http://faufocus.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2018/07/19/after-impressive-2017-season-junior-harrison-bryant-ready-to-lead-talented-fau-tight-end-group/ |website=Palm Beach Post}}{{Cite web |title=FAU tight end Harrison Bryant back after being sidelined by ankle injury last season |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fau-owls/fl-sp-fau-harrison-bryant-20180327-story.html |website=Sun-Sentinel|date=March 28, 2018 }} As a junior, Bryant caught 45 passes for 662 yards and four touchdowns and was named first-team All-Conference.{{Cite web |last=Elman |first=Jake |title=FAU football: Harrison Bryant, Owls' tight ends look to carry offense this season |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/20190724/fau-football-harrison-bryant-owls-tight-ends-look-to-carry-offense-this-season |access-date=September 30, 2020 |website=The Palm Beach Post |language=en}}
As a senior, Bryant led all Division I tight ends with 65 receptions and 1,004 receiving yards and had seven touchdown catches. He was again named first-team All-Conference USA and received the John Mackey Award as the nation's best tight end. Bryant was the first player from a Group of Five conference to win the award.{{Cite news |last=Elman |first=Jake |date=December 11, 2019 |title=FAU football: Tight end Harrison Bryant named Mackey Award winner |work=Palm Beach Post |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/20191211/fau-football-tight-end-harrison-bryant-named-mackey-award-winner |access-date=December 11, 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Khobi |date=December 10, 2019 |title=FAU's Harrison Bryant, Chris Robison among five Owls named first-team All-Conference USA |url=https://cbs12.com/sports/content/faus-harrison-bryant-chris-robison-among-five-owls-named-first-team-all-conference-usa |access-date=December 11, 2019 |website=CBS12.com}} He was named a consensus first-team All-American, becoming the first FAU player to do so.{{Cite web |last=Meyerberg |first=Paul |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Joe Burrow, Chase Young lead USA TODAY Sports college football All-America team |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/12/11/college-football-all-american-team-led-joe-burrow-chase-young/4398195002/ |website=USA Today}}{{Cite magazine |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Sports Illustrated's 2019 College Football All-America Team |url=https://www.si.com/college/2019/12/11/college-football-all-america-team |magazine=SI.com}} Bryant finished his collegiate career with 148 receptions for 2,137 yards and 16 touchdowns.{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Peter |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Harrison Bryant wins John Mackey Award |url=https://www.local10.com/sports/2019/12/11/harrison-bryant-wins-john-mackey-award/ |access-date=December 23, 2019 |website=Local10.com}}
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 4 3/4
| weight = 243
| dash = 4.73
| ten split = 1.62
| twenty split = 2.77
| shuttle = 4.37
| cone drill = 7.41
| vertical = 32.5
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 2
| bench = 13
| arm span = 30 5/8
| hand span = 9 1/2
| wonderlic =
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/harrison-bryant/32004252-5936-3372-c05e-d19e0eddbf05 |title=Harrison Bryant Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=September 26, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=2020 NFL Draft Scout Harrison Bryant College Football Profile |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1026465&DraftYear=2020 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}
}}
=Cleveland Browns=
Bryant was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round with the 115th overall pick of the 2020 NFL draft.{{Cite news |last=Gribble |first=Andrew |date=April 25, 2020 |title=Browns select FAU TE Harrison Bryant with No. 115 pick in 2020 NFL Draft |publisher=ClevelandBrowns.com |url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/browns-select-fau-te-harrison-bryant-with-no-115-pick-in-2020-nfl-draft}} He signed his rookie contract with the Browns on May 20, 2020.{{Cite news |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Browns sign 2 draft picks |publisher=ClevelandBrowns.com |url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/browns-sign-2-draft-picks}} Bryant made his professional debut on September 13, 2020, in the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens, catching one pass for five yards.{{Cite web |last=Pluto |first=Terry |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Some alarming scribbles about Browns being ill-prepared, overwhelmed |url=https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2020/09/some-alarming-scribbles-about-browns-being-ill-prepared-overwhelmed-terry-pluto.html |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=The Plain Dealer}} He scored his first career touchdown, a three-yard reception on a pass from Baker Mayfield, on September 27, 2020, in a 34–20 win over the Washington Football Team in Week 3.{{cite web|url=https://brownswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/27/browns-milestones-from-week-3-nick-chubb-winning-record-harrison-bryant-baker-mayfield/|title=Browns milestones from Week 3: Nick Chubb, winning record and more|first=Jeff|last=Risdon|website=Browns Wire|publisher=USA Today|date=September 27, 2020|access-date=September 27, 2020}} In Week 7 against the Cincinnati Bengals, he had four receptions for 56 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 37–34 victory.{{Cite web |title=Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals – October 25th, 2020 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202010250cin.htm |access-date=October 29, 2020 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He became the Browns' first rookie tight end with a multiple-touchdown performance since Harry Holt in 1983.{{Cite web |last=Ridenour |first=Marla |title=Tight ends Harrison Bryant, David Njoku rescue Browns after Austin Hooper's appendectomy |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/pro/browns/2020/10/25/browns-harrison-bryant-david-njoku-total-three-tds-versus-bengals/6036440002/ |access-date=October 29, 2020 |website=Akron Beacon Journal |language=en-US}} He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 29, 2020,{{cite news |title=Browns place two on COVID-19 list |url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/browns-place-two-on-covid-19-list-x2927 |website=ClevelandBrowns.com |date=December 29, 2020 |access-date=February 10, 2021}} and activated on January 9, 2021.{{cite news |title=Browns activate 3 players, make other roster moves |url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/browns-activate-3-players-make-other-roster-moves |website=ClevelandBrowns.com |date=January 9, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2021}} Bryant finished his rookie season with 24 receptions for 238 yards and three touchdowns in 15 games played and was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team.{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/Article/cleveland-browns-Jedrick-Wills-and-tight-end-Harrison-Bryant-Named-to-the-2020-PFWA-All-Rookie-Team--159584183/|title=Cleveland Browns OT Jedrick Wills and TE Harrison Bryant Named to the 2020 PFWA All-Rookie Team|first=Fred|last=Greetham|website=247Sports|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 30, 2021}}
=Las Vegas Raiders=
On March 14, 2024, Bryant signed a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.{{cite web|title=Raiders sign TE Harrison Bryant|url=https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-sign-harrison-bryant-tight-end-nfl-2024-free-agency-transactions|website=Raiders.com|date=March 14, 2024}} In 13 games (three starts) for Las Vegas, Bryant recorded nine receptions for 86 yards.
=Philadelphia Eagles=
On March 13, 2025, Bryant signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.{{Cite web|title=Eagles add tight end Harrison Bryant|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/eagles-add-tight-end-harrison-bryant|access-date=March 18, 2025|website=NBCSports.com|language=en}}
NFL career statistics
=Regular season=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 2020 | CLE
| 15 || 9 || 24 || 238 || 9.9 || 35 || 3 | ||||||
| 2021 | CLE
| 16 || 3 || 21 || 233 || 11.1 || 41 || 3 | ||||||
| 2022
!CLE |17 |9 |31 |239 |7.7 |30 |1 | |||||||
| 2023 | CLE
| 17 || 9 || 13 || 81 || 6.2 || 23 || 3 | ||||||
| colspan="2" | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BryaHa00.htm Career] | 65 | 30 | 89 | 791 | 8.9 | 41 | 10 |
=Postseason=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 2020 | CLE
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | CLE
| 1 || 0 || 4 || 65 || 16.3 || 47 || 0 | ||||||
| colspan="2" | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BryaHa00.htm Career] | 3 | 1 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 47 | 0 |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/players-roster/harrison-bryant/ Philadelphia Eagles bio]
- [https://fausports.com/sports/football/roster/harrison-bryant/5756 Florida Atlantic Owls bio]
- {{twitter|hbryant17}}
{{John Mackey Award}}
{{2019 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
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Category:Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Florida Atlantic Owls football players
Category:American football tight ends
Category:People from Gray, Georgia
Category:All-American college football players
Category:Cleveland Browns players