Big Kat Bryant: DE · UCF · #1.
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Big Kat Bryant
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Gus Malzahn and Kevin Steele. All-AAC in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Navy — Week 5, 2021.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-31vs Boise State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-14vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-42@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-34@ Navy | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 20-16vs East Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-56@ No. 3 Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-7vs Memphis | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | W 49-7@ Temple | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-10vs Tulane | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-55@ SMU | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-17vs UConn | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-13vs South Florida | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 27 | 13.0 | 6.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
12%6 sacksTFL rate
26%13 TFLHurry rate
20%10 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
38%6 of 16 pressures50 tackles · 13 for loss · 6 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
45.3%
390 pass / 471 run
Plays / game
71.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
411 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #212 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Auburn and UCF, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Gus Malzahn.
