Football
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
- Title:
- Recruiting Assistant
- Phone:
- 303-492-9786
D.J. Bryant is in his third year on the University of Colorado staff, his first as the lead recruiting assistant as he was promoted to the position on July 1 2021. He had joined the staff full-time on October 19, 2020 as an assistant in recruiting. His primary duties are overseeing the scouting of high school prospects on the offensive and defensive sides of the football.Â
Bryant, 33, joined the CU program from Townson (Md.) University, where he had been the defensive quality control assistant since September 2018. At Towson, he worked with the full-time coaching staff with game scouting reports, videotape and other materials to develop schematic game strategies on upcoming opponents, along with a significant role in helping to coach the defensive ends.
He also was in defensive quality control for his alma mater, James Madison University, from September 2017 through July 2018. JMU was ranked No. 1 most of the ’17 season, finishing 14-1 overall and No. 2 after a 17-13 setback to North Dakota State in the FCS Championship game. He was on the staff at Furman University for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, first as an intern working with the defensive line and in quality control, and then coaching the defensive ends in his second year.
He graduated from James Madison in December 2011 with a bachelor degree in Health & Physical Education and Recreation. He lettered four times for the Dukes at defensive end, making 123 career tackles (60 solo), recording 29 tackles for loss that included 13½ quarterback sacks. As a senior, when JMU lost in the second round of the FCS playoffs to eventual champion North Dakota State, he earned second-team All-America honors at end, along with first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association recognition and was the Dukes’ most valuable player on defense.
Bryant signed as an undrafted free agent with the National Football League’s Houston Texans and participated in the team’s 2012 preseason training camp, playing the outside linebacker position. He then went on to be on the practice squads for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Jets that same season, before signing in December with the Baltimore Ravens and remaining with the team into 2014 until knee injuries cut short his career. He was a member of the Ravens’ Super Bowl champion team that defeated San Francisco, 34-31, to cap the 2013 season. He did remain in football, spending the fall of 2014 as the defensive backs coach at Milford Mill High School (Windsor Mill, Md.).
He was born March 3, 1989 in Baltimore, Md., and graduated from Randallstown (Md.) High School, where he lettered in football and basketball (forward; he was member of a 3-time state champion and his teams lost just five games in three years). His hobbies include playing basketball, Xbox and spending time with family. He is engaged to be married to Annell Barrimond; he has two sons Camryn (7), and Bryce Kobe (born last Feb).
