PRO: Versatile defensive lineman has seen increased action in three seasons with the Silver and Black…Established career highs with 10 starts and five sacks last season…Career totals include 47 games played with 10 starts and 7.5 sacks…
PRO: Versatile defensive lineman has seen increased action in three seasons with the Silver and Black…Established career highs with 10 starts and five sacks last season…Career totals include 47 games played with 10 starts and 7.5 sacks…
2011: Played in 16 games with 10 starts in third pro season…Totaled a career-high five sacks for 32 yards in losses…Added 35 tackles (30 solo), eight quarterback hurries, one pass defensed and one forced fumble…(10/2) vs. NE: Credited with three solo tackles…(10/9) @ HOU: Made first career start at DE…Recorded two tackles (one) and credited with first career pass defensed…(10/16) vs. CLE: Recorded four tackles (three)…(11/10) @ SD: Recorded first sack of the season, dropping QB for a five-yard loss…(11/20) @ MIN: Posted first career multiple-sack game, recording two sacks for losses totaling 13 yards…Added a forced fumble...(12/4) @ MIA: Posted four assisted tackles…Had one sack for a five-yard loss…
2010: Saw action in 15 games at both DT and DE…Recorded 2.5 sacks for losses totaling 20 yards…Totaled 21 tackles (15 solo) including five tackles for loss…(9/19) vs. STL: Registered two tackles (one)…(10/3) vs. HOU: Had one solo tackle…(10/24) @ DEN: Notched one solo stop…(10/31) vs. SEA: Racked up four solo tackles…(11/7) vs. KC: Registered first career sack, dropping QB for a one-yard loss…(11/21) @ PIT: Posted one tackle…(11/28) vs. MIA: Assisted on two tackles…Credited with a half-sack…(12/12) @ JAX: Posted a solo stop…(12/19) vs. DEN: Had one tackle…(12/26) vs. IND: Assisted on one tackle…(1/2/11) @ KC: Registered a season-high six tackles (five)…Sacked QB for a 15-yard loss…
2009: Saw action in all 16 games as a reserve defensive tackle…Totaled 32 tackles (24) and recorded one forced fumble and one fumble recovery…Ranked third among NFL rookie DTs in tackles…(9/14) vs. SD: Made NFL debut, seeing time at DT and on special teams…(9/20) @ KC: Posted first career tackle…(9/27) vs. DEN: Made one solo tackle…(10/4) @ HOU: Collected five total tackles…(10/11) @ NYG: Had one solo tackle and assisted on two others…(10/25) vs. NYJ: Recorded a career-high seven total tackles (five)…(11/1) @ SD: Totaled three solo tackles…(11/22) vs. CIN: Recorded three solo tackles…Forced and recovered a fourth quarter fumble…(12/13) vs. WAS: Had two solo tackles on defense…(12/20) @ DEN: Recorded three solo tackles…(12/27) @ CLE: Had three solo tackles…(1/3/10) vs. BAL: Assisted on a tackle…Signed by the Raiders as an undrafted rookie free agent.
COLLEGE: Appeared in 32 games in four seasons at Harvard…Named second team All-Ivy League as a senior after leading the team with eight quarterback hurries and 4.5 tackles for loss in 10 games…Recorded a sack against Dartmouth and a half-sack at Princeton…Took a leave of absence from school in 2007…Appeared in 10 games as a junior in 2006…Collected 19 tackles with 11 stops behind the line of scrimmage… Ranked second on team with eight sacks…Appeared in two games as a sophomore…Played in 10 games as a freshman…Had two sacks in a win over Dartmouth…Economics major.
PERSONAL: Team captain at East Bladen (Elizabethtown, N.C.) High School…All-conference pick for three consecutive seasons…Earned all-region honors as a senior…Won four letters in track and three in basketball…Member of the National Honor Society…Brother, Brenton, played defensive tackle at Harvard.
DT Desmond Bryant helps conduct a Gatorade Jr. Training Camp.