Fifth-year senior with 42 career starts between SMU and Missouri. Bryant is a tall tackle whose upper-body strength and punch timing are critical in making up for his lack of natural knee-bend. He’s an average run blocker who might be able to reduce his run-block losses with fewer outside-zone reps. Bryant has the tools to provide pass protection in the NFL, but he needs to keep working on the consistency of his technique.
Strengths
- Nice blend of size, length and athletic ability.
- Powerful upper body mitigates his lack of bend.
- Uses length to land and stay connected as a run blocker.
- Good quickness in his initial slide steps to race out to the rusher.
- Throws punch with good timing to alter the rusher’s plan.
- Has the feet to mirror rushers up and around the arc.
Weaknesses
- Strikes with his hands but doesn’t cinch-up and control defenders.
- Tall pad level hinders ability getting to back-side and second-level cut-offs.
- Below-average timing getting from one block to the next.
- Lacks ideal instincts to recognize twist games in pass protection.
- Below-average command with his hands and punch in pass pro.
- Needs to eliminate excessive waist-bending and leaning.