Khairi Bryant
No. 91 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Defensive End | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Place of birth: Merrillville, IN | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
High school: Andrean High School | |||||||||
College: Ohio State | |||||||||
NFL Draft: 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | |||||||||
Debuted in 2022 for the New York Giants | |||||||||
Career history
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Roster status: Active | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 1, 2025 | |||||||||
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Khairi Bryant is an American football defensive end who plays for the New York Giants. He played college football at Ohio State.
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Early Life
Bryant was born in Merrillville, Indiana. He began playing American football as a child, attending Andrean High School in Merrillville before attending. As a freshman there, he played as a quarterback, tight end, and outside linebacker before switching primarily to defensive end later that year. As a sophomore the following year, Bryant and the team won the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Association C-conference championship. He was also a member of the school's choir, playing the piano, saxophone, and violin.
Bryant had 19 quarterback sacks and 27 tackles for loss as a junior that helped the team win the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) championship. He was invited to The Opening, a college football recruiting camp sponsored by Nike, where he was named MVP at defensive end. As a senior, he had 19 sacks, 118 tackles, five forced fumbles, and two defensive touchdowns that helped the team go undefeated and win another WCAC championship.
College Career
Recruiting
Statistics
Through the conclusion of the 2021 season, Bryant's statistics are as follows:
Season | Defense | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Tackles | Int | Sacks | FF | FR | TD | Safeties | |||||
2020 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2021 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
NCAA Career Totals | 24 | 24 | 78 | 0 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Professional Career
Pre-draft
Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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5 ft 10 in | 263 lb | 4.60 s | 4.29 s | 7.18 s | 31.0 in | 31 reps | ||
All values from NFL Combine |
Draft
Bryant was selected by the New York Giants with the 2nd overall pick of the 2022 NFLHC Draft
Regular season
Contract Information |