Za'Quan Bryan

Redshirt junior defensive back on South Florida's 2026 roster.

DB · South Florida · R-Jr. · #3

5′10″ · 190 lb · Savannah, GA · Benedictine Military School

CFB Index 38 · #378 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceTransferred Minnesota → South Florida for 2026

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Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 769 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

Last played in 2025.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Redshirt junior defensive back on South Florida's 2026 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2023.
Transferred from Minnesota to South Florida in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Grades highest in speed and man coverage.

The full scouting read

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Za'Quan Bryan

DB · South Florida · Jr · #3

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Za'Quan Bryan arrived at South Florida from Minnesota. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against Nebraska, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Minnesota	37	22	1.0	3	--	--
2024	Minnesota	19	10	1.0	5	1	--
2023	Minnesota	2	2	0.0	1	--	--
Career		58	34	2.0	9	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 23-10vs Buffalo	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 66-0vs Northwestern State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-27@ California	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 31-28vs Rutgers	7	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 3-42@ Ohio State	6	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 27-20vs Purdue	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-6vs Nebraska	8	5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 9	L 3-41@ Iowa	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 13-42@ Oregon	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 35-38@ Northwestern	4	3	0.0	—	1
Total		37	22	1.0	—	3

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 22-17 over that span.

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced

2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

38Below cohort / limited sample #378 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

Tackles#1007 / 2975 · 65th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

37 tkl · 1 TFL · 3 PD

PD rate

8%3 pass breakups

Tackle volume

37tackles this season

TFL rate

3%1 TFL

37 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road5g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

Pass share

47.7%

83 pass / 91 run

Plays / game

58.0

3 games

Team sack rate

2.3%

86 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #378 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #378 at the position.

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

37Tackles

22Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

3Pass def.

0INT

37 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 81 PD
Week 131 PD

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.

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Deshaun Lee’s 2024 season.

Deshaun Lee

86%match

Iowa · 2024

Taylon Doss

Arkansas State · 2022

83%

Jiquan Sanks

Cincinnati · 2025

82%

Max Tucker

Boston College · 2024

79%

Matches Deshaun on

TFL rate

Class year

PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kimari Robinson's junior season at Duke (2025).

Kimari Robinson

86%match

Duke · 2025

Kevin Adams

Tulane · 2025

85%

Tevin Tucker

Kent State · 2025

81%

Garrett Williams

Syracuse · 2022

77%

Tyler Turner

Baylor · 2025

74%

Matches Kimari on

Class year

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Za'Quan Bryan

Travis Anderson

Boise State · 2026

82%

Jiquan Sanks

Cincinnati · 2025

82%

Kevin Adams

Tulane · 2025

77%

J'Vari Flowers

Florida · 2025

74%

OJ Frederique Jr.

Miami · 2024

67%

Background

A transfer cornerback who joined the Bulls in January of 2026 after three seasons and 26 games at Minnesota…posted 57 tackles, 10 pass break-ups, two tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and an interception in his career at Minnesota. 2025 (MINNESOTA): Played in 12 games (missed the Rate Bowl…

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The secondary · South Florida

#5Ayden JacksonDB · Sr.74 tackles · 2025
#2Tavin WardS · Gr.60 tackles · 2025
#3Za'Quan BryanCB · R-Jr.37 tackles · 2025
#9Israel BoyceS · Jr.29 tackles · 2025
#8Amarion FortenberryCB · Jr.13 tackles · 2025

19 more on the roster · South Florida team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology