Hunter Bryant was one of the biggest surprise undrafted players, but he’s got a home now. The tight end has signed a free agent contract with the Lions, a source told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network (Twitter link).
Bryant got $60K in guaranteed cash from Detroit which includes a $20K signing bonus, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle tweets. Bryant was seen as one of the better tight ends in the class by many, and was universally expected to get drafted. He went toward the top of the fourth-round in Matt Miller of Bleacher Report’s final mock draft.
Apparently medical concerns caused Bryant to slip, and given his knee-injury history that’s not too surprising. He was limited to nine games as a freshman and only five as a sophomore. In his junior season in 2019 he exploded and racked up 825 yards, the third-most of any tight end in the country.
Detroit currently has 2019 first-round pick T.J. Hockenson and veteran Jesse James at the position, but Bryant should have a good chance at becoming the team’s third tight end.
Great signing on top of a great draft by Detroit
Agreed nobody will give them credit it for it cause it’s too easy to pile onto the lions but they did well
Ya but almost everyone had a good draft.
It was a deep year
Green bay and New England did not have good drafts at all.
I’m happy with it this year..
Excellent UDFA signing. I still think the Patriots got the best UDFA in Nick Coe but Bryant is certainly right up there.
Browns got the best UDFA in Alex Taylor.
Massive tackle at 6’9″ 308. Reminds me a lot of Jason Peters and Trent Brown. Could stand to add a little weight and needs to work on technique, but he is newer to the game than most and offers great mobility and length.
Outside of drafting 2 RBs I would declare this draft a success. Not saying I know to much about this kid, but with K Johnson, Bo Scarborough and now DeAndre Swift was there really a need to use a 5th rounder when there was still good DTs and DEs on the board? I guess the future will tell, but outside of that little glitch I’d say a big A-
I was not happy with the lack of DT until 6th & 7th round but there are plenty of DT’s available in free agency and Lions are loaded with cap space. Stay tuned….