#55

Bryce Huff

Senior defensive end for Memphis. 2019: 6.5 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss, 52 tackles.

DE · Memphis · Sr. · #55

6′3″ · 255 lb · Mobile, AL

Memphis 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 3018 nationally · Signed with Memphis

Statement game9 tackles · 5 TFL · 2 sacksat Tulane (FBS) · L 24-40

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Memphis. 2019: 6.5 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Memphis in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Memphis, 16 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Memphis2-star out of St. Paul's Episcopal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3018 national

CFB

College

Memphis

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Mike Norvell

Memphis

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Norvell — 38-16 over that span.

2016Memphis8-5HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2017Memphis10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2018Memphis8-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2019Memphis12-2HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#2 / 2688 · 100th pct

Tackles for loss#31 / 2688 · 99th pct

15.5

Sacks#67 / 2688 · 97th pct

6.5

Solo tackles#567 / 2688 · 78th pct

Tackles#618 / 2688 · 77th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.9	1.4	0.6	0.0
Road7g	3.6	0.9	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.0	1.7	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Memphis	52	33	15.5	6.5	--	--	--
2018	Memphis	45	32	15.5	7.0	2	--	--
2017	Memphis	30	23	5.0	2.0	1	--	--
2016	Memphis	5	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		132	92	36.0	15.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 55–24

vs Southern

1 QB HUR

Dominant 31-point win at home against Southern.

With B. White — 337 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.4 · 1 rush yds (2 car) · K. Gainwell — 85 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week