Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-13vs Youngstown State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45vs Alabama | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
#14
Ty Bryant
Senior defensive back on Kentucky's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 196 lb · Lexington, KY
CFB Index 81 · #37 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Kentucky for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he projects
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Grades highest in play recognition and zone coverage.
The full scouting readRecruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 1220 nationally · Signed with Kentucky
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Kentucky's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentucky in 2023.
Ty Bryant
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Ty Bryant has been at Kentucky through two head coaches in four seasons. 2025 brought the first one: All-SEC. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Alabama, Week 2, 2026.
15 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20238 games
- Signed with Kentucky3-star out of Frederick Douglass
202512 games
- All-SECsecond
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kentucky
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023–2025
Kentucky
2026era →
Will Stein
Kentucky
Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Stoops → Will Stein. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Kentucky4-8HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning
2026Kentucky1-1HC: Will Stein · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Box-score production (7)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 7.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.2 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-SEC
Based on 2025: #4 of 57 SEC DBs
How the All-SEC estimate is computed
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 45–13
5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 REC
Dominant 32-point win at home against Youngstown State.
With K. Minchey — 301 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 17 rush yds (1 car) · T. O'Hara — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 45 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kentucky
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Kentucky
Returning around him
- 4 Kentucky players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +4 net (31 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kentucky · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #23 · 2026 recruiting class #60
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2026 production profile sits closest to Trequan Smith’s 2018 season.
Matches Trequan on
Tackle volume
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kosi Agina's senior season at Fresno State (2023).
Matches Kosi on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Ty Bryant
The secondary · Kentucky
- #14Ty Bryant76 tackles · 2025
- #5Jordan Castell54 tackles · 2025
- #20Terhyon Nichols18 tackles · 2025
- #30Grant Grayton16 tackles · 2025
- #21Nasir Addison13 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Kentucky team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology