Coby Bryant: CB · Cincinnati · #7.
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Coby Bryant
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Fifth year in the Cincinnati secondary. All-America (AFCA) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 7 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 11 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 44 | 34 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 35 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 54 | 37 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 30 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 167 | 132 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 35 | 10 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-14vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Murray State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-24@ Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 52-3vs Temple | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 56-21vs UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-20@ Navy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12@ Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-20vs Tulsa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-28@ South Florida | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-14vs SMU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-13@ East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-20vs No. 16 Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 32 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
25%11 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
44tackles this season44 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 11 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
5 seasons under Luke Fickell — 48-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
46.9%
399 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #203 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2021
How it ended
Five seasons at Cincinnati, 167 tackles, the Jim Thorpe Award (2021) — drafted at #109 overall by the Seattle Seahawks.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2021)
named by 2 selectors
National awards
Thorpe
2021 season
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Luke Fickell.
Next stop · NFL
Seattle SeahawksEntering 5th NFL season
Seattle SeahawksEntering 5th NFL season
