At a game in Denver in October, 2010
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No. 92 Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: | December 15, 1985 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Shorewood, Illinois | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Elizabethtown (NC) East Bladen | ||||||||||||
College: | Harvard | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||||||
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Total tackles: | 238 |
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Sacks: | 26.0 |
Forced fumbles: | 4 |
Fumble recoveries: | 2 |
Pass deflections: | 3 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Desmond J. Bryant (born December 15, 1985) is an American football defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Harvard.
Bryant was born in Shorewood, Illinois to Alton and Lian Bryant. He graduated from East Bladen High School at Elizabethtown, North Carolina in 2004. In his senior season, Bryant helped his high school football team to a 13-1 record. That was his only year playing high school football in North Carolina. His high school number is retired at east bladen. Bryant played football and basketball for three years while attending high school in Middletown, Delaware and played for the East Bladen basketball team for two seasons. With a weighted 4.2 grade point average and 1230 SAT score, Bryant chose Harvard despite offers by Duke, Florida A&M, and Towson University. As Ivy League schools do not offer athletic or academic scholarships, Bryant received a financial aid scholarship. Harvard coach Tim Murphy thought that Bryant could be a four-year starter and potentially a professional player and compared Bryant to a Southeastern Conference player. At Harvard, Bryant majored in psychology and played 32 games in four seasons. In his senior season, Bryant was named second team All-Ivy League after leading Harvard with eight quarterback hurries and 4.5 tackles leading to losses.