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Pat Bryant
American football player (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Patrick Bryant II (born December 10, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and was selected by the Broncos in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft.
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Early life
Bryant attended Atlantic Coast High School in Jacksonville, Florida. During his high school career, he had 128 receptions for 2,261 receiving yards and 23 touchdowns. He committed to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to play college football.[1]
College career
As a true freshman at Illinois in 2021, Bryant had six receptions for 98 yards.[2] As a sophomore in 2022, he started 11 of 12 games and recorded 34 receptions for 453 yards and two touchdowns.[3] As a junior in 2023, he had 43 receptions for 560 yards and seven touchdowns over 12 games and nine starts. Bryant returned to Illinois as the team's number one receiver his senior year in 2024, where recorded 54 receptions for 984 yards and ten touchdowns over 12 games. In the game at Rutgers, Bryant had a 40-yard game-winning touchdown. He opted out of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl so he could prepare for the draft. [4][5]
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Professional career
Bryant was selected by the Denver Broncos in the third round (74th overall) of the 2025 NFL draft.[8]
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