Copeland Bryan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Jose, California, U.S.
| No. 94, 96 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | July 14, 1983 San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 253 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Bellarmine College Preparatory (San Jose) | ||||||||
| College | Arizona | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2006: undrafted | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Copeland Bryan (born July 14, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Bryan signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2006, and played in games for the NFL's Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions. He ended his playing career with the Las Vegas Locomotives and Montreal Alouettes.
Bryan played college football for the Arizona Wildcats. He is the older brother of NFL safety Courtney Bryan, and cousin of NFL players Donny Brady and Gary Brown.[2]
Copeland Jameel Bryan was born July 14, 1983, in San Jose, California, the son of Copeland Bryan and Viera Whye.[2] Bryan attended Bellarmine College Preparatory School where he lettered in football and track.[2]
College
Bryan attended the University of Arizona where he walked-on the football team in 2001. After redshirting his freshman year, he placed second in sacks and in tackles for loss in 2002 and was given a scholarship. Bryan eventually played in 43 games with 22 starts from 2002 to 2005. He finished his college career with 109 tackles, 14 sacks, 21 TFLs, 11 PBUs, blocked 1 kick, forced 2 fumbles and had 2 fumble recoveries.[2] Bryan earned Second-team All-Pac-10 honor in 2005.[3]