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Heisman / Players / Henry Bryant /Georgia State

Henry Bryant

DT · Georgia State · Sr · #10

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

24 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Georgia State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Georgia State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Georgia State

Returning around him

  • 68% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 1 Georgia State player drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -6 net (33 in / 39 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Georgia State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #77 · 2026 recruiting class #67

DT · GEORGIA STATE · SUN BELT

Henry Bryant

  • 4
  • #10
  • 6-0 | 275 lb
  • Delray Beach, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

31

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by qb hurries at the 72nd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#15031

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2021

Louisville · DT

2022

Louisville · DT

2023

Georgia State · DT

2025

Georgia State · DT

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1043 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDT
Class4
Jersey10
Measurements6-0 | 275 lb
HometownDelray Beach, FL
Primary teamGeorgia State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1043 recruit
Composite rating 0.8556 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2020
Origin Atlantic Delray Beach, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 3-star | 0.8556 No. 1043 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#15031Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#15120Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8556

#1043 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Henry Bryant

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Henry Bryant

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 9g
24Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
35Tackles
0.7Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 24): needs 14/game over remaining 4.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 24): needs 19/game over remaining 4.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 1.5/game over remaining 4.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 4.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Henry Bryant is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Georgia State's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #15031 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 24 9 solo | #1737/4942 (65th pct)
TFL 0.5 Backfield disruption | #2658/4972 (47th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
24 65th
SOLO
9 54th
TFL
0.5 47th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
2 66th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 7-63@ Ole Miss000.00.00
Wk 2L 16-38vs Memphis430.00.00
Wk 6L 7-14vs James Madison400.50.00
Wk 8L 24-41@ Georgia Southern100.00.00
Wk 9L 31-38vs South Alabama310.00.00
Wk 11L 27-40@ Coastal Carolina110.00.00
Wk 12L 18-30vs Marshall520.00.00Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 13L 19-31@ Troy210.00.00
Wk 14L 10-27@ Old Dominion410.00.00
Total2490.50.00
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Louisville6-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning
2023Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning
2025Georgia State1-11HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Georgia State2490.50.0------
2023Georgia State36155.53.0------
2022Louisville110.00.0------
2021Louisville2--0.50.0------
Career4 loaded seasons63256.53.0------
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 2 Quarterback hurries | #647/1878 (66th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 24 #1737/4942 65th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 0.5 #2658/4972 47th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 2 #647/1878 66th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 9 #2127/4584 54th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home4g4.00.10.00.0
Road5g1.60.00.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Losses9g2.70.10.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-73g2.70.20.00.0
Weeks 8+6g2.70.00.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort

31Below cohort
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (17th).

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct
2defe
Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct
24defe
Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th pct
9defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct
0.5defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

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

Advanced Savant · DT · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Henry BryantGeorgia StateBlake FletcherAir Force· 58% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 52% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 49% sim
QB hurries
72
Bryant
92
Fletcher
22
Martin
82
Davey
Tackles
40
Bryant
99
Fletcher
98
Martin
99
Davey
Solo tackles
26
Bryant
91
Fletcher
87
Martin
99
Davey
Sacks
24
Bryant
24
Fletcher
24
Martin
63
Davey
Tackles for loss
18
Bryant
28
Fletcher
63
Martin
91
Davey
Passes defended
18
Bryant
67
Fletcher
67
Martin
18
Davey

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kitione Tau’s 2022 season.

Kitione Tau

84%match

Bowling Green · 2022

#2

Octavious Oxendine

Kentucky · 2022

83%
#3

Sterling Webb

Missouri · 2024

83%
#4

Blake Thompson

UTEP · 2022

81%
#5

Kadarion Johnson

UTEP · 2023

81%

Matches Kitione on

Sack rate
Height
Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kevon Darton's graduate season at Arizona (2024).

Kevon Darton

86%match

Arizona · 2024

#2

Tim Hardiman

Tulsa · 2025

80%
#3

Terry Lockett

James Madison · 2025

77%
#4

Jalen Satchell

Michigan State · 2025

74%
#5

Jamil Muhammad

USC · 2024

72%

Matches Kevon on

Class year
Sack rate
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

Pass share

56.5%

472 pass / 363 run

Plays / game

69.6

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.6%

373 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches
2021
Shawn Elliott
Georgia State
2022
Shawn Elliott
Georgia State
2023
Shawn Elliott
Georgia State
2025
Dell McGee
Georgia State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownDelray Beach, FL
Height6'0"
Weight275 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey10

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2025 All-Sun Belt all_conference Georgia State | Sun Belt DL

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Georgia State DT4 #15031 #15120 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 Georgia State DT4 #10985 #11472 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Louisville DT4 #9890 #9555 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC
2021 Louisville DT4 #11431 #11295 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Georgia State Sun Belt DT 4 No. 10 | 6-0 | 275 lb | Delray Beach, FL
2024 Georgia State Sun Belt DT 4 No. 10 | 6-0 | 275 lb | Delray Beach, FL
2023 Georgia State Sun Belt DT 4 No. 10 | 6-0 | 275 lb | Delray Beach, FL
2022 Louisville ACC DT 4 No. 10 | 6-0 | 275 lb | Delray Beach, FL
2021 Louisville ACC DT 4 No. 10 | 6-0 | 275 lb | Delray Beach, FL