Quincy Bryant

Senior linebacker for Wake Forest. 2025: 57 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

LB · Wake Forest · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 228 lb · Lilburn, GA

CFB Index 27 · #481 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Wake Forest for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

2 TFL

Best game: 11 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Georgia Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Wake Forest. 2025: 57 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2021.

His career, year by year

Quincy Bryant

LB · Wake Forest · Sr · #9

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Five seasons at Wake Forest, two different head coaches: Dave Clawson and Jake Dickert. The receipt: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Georgia Tech — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2025Wake Forest9-4HC: Jake Dickert · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #481 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#449 / 2975 · 85th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
Road6g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jake Dickert

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #481 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #481 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #64 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Wake Forest	57	16	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2024	Wake Forest	48	17	2.5	0.0	--	1	--
2023	Wake Forest	32	16	3.0	0.5	2	1	--
2022	Wake Forest	20	10	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Wake Forest	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		162	62	8.0	0.5	2	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 13–12

vs SMU

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With C. Joseph — 39 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 55 LONG · D. Purdie — 183 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 11.4 · 3 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 10-9vs Kennesaw State	5	4	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 42-10vs Western Carolina	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 24-34vs NC State	4	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 29-30vs Georgia Tech	11	4	1.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 6	W 30-23@ Virginia Tech	3	0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 39-14@ Oregon State	7	2	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 13-12vs SMU	4	1	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 7-42@ Florida State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 16-9@ Virginia	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 28-12vs North Carolina	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 52-14vs Delaware	7	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 32-49@ Duke	7	3	0.0	—
Bowl	W 43-29@ Mississippi State	2	0	0.0	—
Total		57	16	2.0	—