Bryan Cook: S · Cincinnati · #6.
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Bryan Cook
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the Cincinnati secondary. The first one came in 2021: All-AAC. On tape: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Tulsa, Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 9 passes defended. 1 interception. 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 | 96 | 57 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 26 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 124 | 78 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 11 | 2 |
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) | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Murray State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-24@ Indiana | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-3vs Temple | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 56-21vs UCF | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-20@ Navy | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12@ Tulane | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-20vs Tulsa | 14 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 45-28@ South Florida | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-14vs SMU | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-13@ East Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-20vs No. 16 Houston | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 87 | 53 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
96tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%5 TFL96 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sack · 9 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Luke Fickell — 33-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
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
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #128 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Cincinnati, 124 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #62 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Luke Fickell.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 5th NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 5th NFL season
