Patrick Bryant with the Denver Broncos, 2025
With the Denver Broncos, 2025. Photo: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Illinois, 2021–⁠24

Patrick Bryant

Number
No. 13
Height
6′3″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL
Born
Dec 10, 2002

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Patrick Bryant played receiver at Illinois (2021–⁠24). The Denver Broncos took Bryant in round 3, No. 74 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
978
Receiving yards, 2024 (Illinois, 10–⁠3)
Best game
197 yards
At Rutgers, week 13, 2024: No. 3 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 74
Round 3, 2025 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

Career highs

7catches, career highfour times; last at Rutgers, 2024197receiving yards, career highat Rutgers, 20242receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Nebraska, 2024

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021Illinois69816.3045
2022Illinois3345013.6243
2023Illinois4356013.0746
2024Illinois5397818.51064
Career1352,08615.51964

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2022Illinois4850
2023Illinois2390
Career61240

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Illinois13WRFr.
2022Illinois13WRSo.
2023Illinois13WRJr.
2024Illinois13WRSr.6′3″200

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021Illinois80.91––7.3–
2022Illinois420.7354th (n=683)0.7130.76%
2023Illinois550.8049th (n=681)0.8043.97%
2024Illinois631.4093rd (n=581)0.9288.09%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Illinois 12 games, 53 catches, 978 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.Eastern IllinoisW 45–⁠0563228–
Sep 7vs.KansasW 23–⁠17370037–
Sep 14vs.Central MichiganW 30–⁠97102231−1
Sep 20atNebraskaW 31–⁠24574229–
Sep 28atPenn StateL 7–⁠21233017–
Oct 12vs.PurdueW 50–⁠49410413210
Oct 19vs.MichiganW 21–⁠7432012−1
Oct 26atOregonL 9–⁠38326017–
Nov 2vs.MinnesotaL 17–⁠255720256
Nov 16vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠164135157–
Nov 23atRutgersW 38–⁠317197164–
Nov 30vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠28470143–
2023 Illinois 12 games, 43 catches, 560 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.ToledoW 30–⁠28659218–
Sep 8atKansasL 23–⁠341202–
Sep 16vs.Penn StateL 13–⁠30116016–
Sep 23vs.Florida AtlanticW 23–⁠17538012–
Sep 30atPurdueL 19–⁠44340117–
Oct 6vs.NebraskaL 7–⁠20476146–
Oct 14atMarylandW 27–⁠24361144–
Oct 21vs.WisconsinL 21–⁠25127027–
Nov 4atMinnesotaW 27–⁠26765018–
Nov 11vs.IndianaW 48–⁠455131138–
Nov 18atIowaL 13–⁠152805–
Nov 25vs.NorthwesternL 43–⁠45537114–
2022 Illinois 10 games, 33 catches, 450 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 27vs.WyomingW 38–⁠6344127–
Sep 2atIndianaL 20–⁠23243022–
Sep 10vs.VirginiaW 24–⁠3260043–
Sep 22vs.ChattanoogaW 31–⁠061121373
Oct 1atWisconsinW 34–⁠10451022–
Oct 15vs.MinnesotaW 26–⁠14758012–
Nov 5vs.Michigan StateL 15–⁠23324012–
Nov 12vs.PurdueL 24–⁠31325010–
Nov 26atNorthwesternW 41–⁠3333012–
Jan 2 ✦vs.Mississippi StateL 10–⁠19–––––
2021 Illinois 4 games, 6 catches, 98 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 11atVirginiaL 14–⁠42117017–
Sep 25atPurdueL 9–⁠13325012–
Nov 20atIowaL 23–⁠33145045–
Nov 27vs.NorthwesternW 47–⁠14111011–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2025 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 19–⁠22).

DrillCombine 2025
Height6′2¼″
Weight204 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan78″
40-yard dash4.61 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump37½″
Broad jump10′4″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 17 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2025Denver Broncos13313781
2026 (so far)Denver Broncos491331
NFL career17405112

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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