#40

Harrison Bryant

Former tight end at Florida Atlantic. 2019: 65 catches, 1,004 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #40

6′5″ · 240 lb · Gray, GA

Cleveland — drafted 2020, Rd 4, Pick 9, #115 overall

Recruiting

2★

TE recruit

No. 3738 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic

Statement game10 rec · 182 yds · 1 TDat UTSA (FBS) · W 40-26

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Florida Atlantic. 2019: 65 catches, 1,004 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2016.
Drafted round 4 by the Cleveland in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 2,137 receiving yards — drafted at #115 overall by Cleveland.

His career

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

20166 games

Signed with Florida Atlantic2-star out of John Milledge Academy

2020

Drafted by Clevelandround 4, pick 115

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3738 national

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #115

Cleveland · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Charlie Partridge

Florida Atlantic

2017–2019

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 7th NFL season

#115Rd 4 · Pick 9

ClevelandEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2017Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy

2018Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2019Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (100th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#1 / 128 · 100th pct

1004

Receptions#1 / 128 · 100th pct

Rec TDs#4 / 128 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#16 / 128 · 88th pct

15.4

Long catch#22 / 128 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.7	57.3	16.1	0.7
Road6g	6.5	100	16.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	68.8	17.5	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	5.7	84.4	15.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Florida Atlantic	65	1,004	15.4	7	--
2018	Florida Atlantic	45	662	14.7	4	--
2017	Florida Atlantic	32	408	12.8	5	--
2016	Florida Atlantic	6	63	10.5	0	--
Career		148	2,137	14.4	16	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-45@ Ohio State	6	79	13.2	0	26
Wk 2	L 14-48vs UCF	4	51	12.8	0	17
Wk 3	W 41-31@ Ball State	3	80	26.7	0	52
Wk 4	W 42-7vs Wagner	2	39	19.5	0	20
Wk 5	W 45-27@ Charlotte	6	96	16.0	0	57
Wk 7	W 28-13vs Middle Tennessee	4	68	17.0	0	25
Wk 8	L 31-36vs Marshall	5	72	14.4	0	23
Wk 9	W 41-3@ Old Dominion	8	92	11.5	1	16
Wk 10	W 35-24@ Western Kentucky	6	74	12.3	0	27
Wk 11	W 37-7vs Florida International	4	57	14.3	1	23
Wk 13	W 40-26@ UTSA	10	182	18.2	1	35	Season-high 182 yds
Wk 14	W 34-17vs Southern Miss	3	75	25.0	3	38	3 TD catches
Wk 15	W 49-6vs UAB	4	39	9.8	1	11
Total		65	1004	16.2	7	57

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