The truth about Martavis Bryant

Mar Davis Alexander Bryant born December 20th 1991 is an American football wide receiver for the Washington commanders of the National Football League NFL he played college football at Clemson and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL draft Bryant has also been a member of the NFL's Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League CFL the mass ett's pirates of the indoor football league IFL the beasts of fan controlled football FCF and the Vegas vipers of the XFL early life Bryant was born in Calhoun Falls South Carolina in high school Bryant was a standout football player for two schools he attended Calhoun Falls High School in South Carolina and transferred to TL Hannah High School in Anderson South Carolina prior to his senior year because Calhoun Falls High was shut down due to low student numbers from a small town he was named First Team all state as a senior recording 70 receptions for 722 yards and 11 touchdowns he had 44 catches for 776 yards and six touchdowns as a junior considered a four-star recruit by rivals.com he was rated the 10th best wide receiver Prospect in the nation After High School he spent one year at hardgrave Military Academy in chadam Virginia to pass NCA initial eligibility standards as a standout Sprinter Bryant ran for the TL Hannah track team he finished second in the 100 MERS at the regional class 1 Quade championships with a time of 10.85 seconds he also won the 20000 M at the 2010 region 1-4a meet recording a personal best time of 21.46% coming into Clemson he had to compete with future NFL players Sammy Watkins DeAndre Hopkins and jiren brown his first reception was for 54 yards against Troy on September 3 the next week he had his first career touchdown a 42-yard reception while playing wford his first career start was against number 10 Virginia Tech on October 1st 2011 he also played in his first bowl game against number 22 West Virginia in the Orange Bowl in that game he caught two passes for 20 yards he completed his first season with two starts in 14 games he finished 2011 with nine receptions 220 receiving yards and two touchdowns sophore season after his first season Brian's production increased against Ball State he would have a 22-yard touchdown catch a 17 yd carry and three kickoff returns for 69 yards he he would finish this game leading the tigers with 108 allpurpose yards for the season he would show little Improvement having career highs with 10 receptions 305 receiving yards and four touchdown catches he would lead the entire FBS with 30.5 yards per reception Junior season his Junior season marked the best year in his college career while playing against number five Georgia he recovered the game-winning onside kick against North Carolina State he had six receptions for 73 yards on November 14th against Georgia attack he had a career-high 176 receiving yards on five catches 4-1 touchdown in his second Orange Bowl against number six Ohio State he had three catches 28 receiving yards and two touchdowns marking a career high he finished 2013 with 42 receptions 828 receiving yards and seven touchdown receptions making his career totals 61 receptions 1,3 54 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns Brian announced on January 5th 2014 that he would forego his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL draft professional career pre-draft coming out of Clemson Bryant was projected to be drafted anywhere from the second to fourth round by the majority of NFL analysts and Scouts Bryant received an invitation to the NFL combine and completed all the required combine drills and positional drills for team Representatives and Scouts on March 6th 2014 he participated at Clemson's pro day and chose to only perform positional drills he was ranked as the 14th best wide receiver Prospect available in the draft by nfldraftscout.com and was ranked the 13th best wide receiver by NFL analyst Mike Mayo pre-draft me Pittsburgh Steelers 2014 season the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Bryant in the fourth round 118th overall of the 20 4 NFL draft he was the 19th wide receiver selected on June 9th 2014 he signed a 4-year contract with the team worth $2.65 n million with $439,990 guaranteed and a $439,990 signing bonus Bryant spent the first six weeks of the Season inactive due to a shaky training camp and preseason in addition to suffering a mild a sprain in the last preseason game head coach Mike Tomlin told Bryant he wanted to see him dominate the scout team in practice before he would activate him for a game Bryant was finally activated for a week seven matchup against the Houston Texans his first NFL reception went for a 35 yard touchdown and he finished the game with two catches for 40 yards on October 26th he hauled in a season high five catches for 83 yards with two touchdowns in a 51-34 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on November 2nd Bryant received his first career start against the Baltimore Ravens ending the game with three receptions 44 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions his five touchdown receptions set an NFL record for a player in there first three games during a week 10 contest against the New York Jets Mar Davis had four receptions for a season High 143 yards and had an 80 yard touchdown catch this marked his sixth touchdown in his first four games and again set an NFL record which was later Tied by Calvin Ridley on December 28th Bryant caught a 21 yd touchdown reception in a 27-7 win over the Cincinnati Bengals he played in his first NFL postseason game on January 3rd 2015 against the Ravens he finished with five receptions for 61 yards and a touchdown and a 17-3 loss Bryant finished his rookie season with 26 receptions for 549 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in 10 games with three starts Bryan's 21.1 yards per reception ranked first among NFL wide receivers in 2014 2015 season Bryant with the Steelers in 2015 on August 27th 2015 Bryant was suspended the first four games due to violating the League's substance abuse policy during his suspension he spent time at a Rehabilitation Center in Houston Texas and worked with X NBA coach John Lucas although he was available to return for week five he missed the game due to a knee injury so he made his season debut on October 18th in a 25-13 victory over the Arizona Cardinals he caught six passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns including an 88 yd touchdown his first start of the season was on October 25th against the Kansas City Chiefs where he caught three receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown during a week 10 matchup against the Cleveland Browns Bryan had a season High 17 8 receiving yards on six catches while also scoring a 64 yd touchdown on December 13th he caught a season High seven receptions for 49 yards and a 33 to2 victory over the Bengals in week 15 he made a season High 10 catches for 87 yards in a 34 to 27 win over the Denver Broncos this was the first time in his career that he caught over nine passes in a single game on January 9th 2016 against the Bengals in the wildcard round while in the Red Zone quarterback Ben rothberger threw a pass into the corner of the end zone which was intended for Bryant during the process of the catch he did a front flip and maintained control of the ball while holding it on the back of his leg throughout the flip the NFL VP of officiating later deemed this should not have been ruled a catch this scor gave the Steelers a 15 to zero lead on route to winning the game by a score of 18-6 in the divisional round against the Broncos Bryant made nine receptions for 154 yards while rushing for 40 yards in a 23 to6 defat 2016 season on March 14th 2016 the NFL announced it had suspended Bryant for the entire 2016 NFL season for again violating the League's substance abuse policy 2017 season on April 25th 2017 Bryant was conditionally reinstated by the NFL he entered the regular season as the starting wide receiver alongside Antonio Brown in the Steelers season opening Victory against the Browns Bryant caught two passes for 14 yards the following week he caught three passes for 91 receiving yards and his first touchdown of the season on a 27 yard pass from Ben rothberger as the Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 26-9 however following the week's seven game against the Bengals Brian vented frustration about his lack of role in the offense on social media and then skipped mandatory team meetings the following Monday Bryant then publicly told ESPN he would like to be traded however coach Mike Tomlin said the team had no plans to trade Bryant on October 25th 2017 prior to that week's game against the Detroit Lions the Steelers demoted Bryant to the scout team and replaced him with Juju Smith Schuster after deactivating him for the game as of November 1st 2017 Bryant was promoted back onto the first team for the following game game against the Colts Bryant finished the 2017 season with 50 receptions for 603 yards and three touchdowns the Steelers made the playoffs and faced off against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the divisional round in the 45 to 42 loss he had two receptions for 78 yards and a touchdown Oakland Raiders on April 26th 2018 the Steelers traded Bryant to the Oakland Raiders for Oakland's thirdd round pick previously acquired from the Cardinals 79th overall in the 2018 NFL draft on September 1st 2018 Bryant was released by the Raiders despite facing a possible year-long suspension by the NFL for a violation of the League's drug policy during the off season the Raiders reigned him to a one-year deal 10 days later he played in Eight Games recording 19 catches for 266 yards and no touchdowns before being placed on injured reserve on December 5th 2018 with a knee injury on December 14th 2018 the NFL suspended Brian indefinitely for violating the terms of his conditional reinstatement Bryant applied for reinstatement in 2019 Toronto Argonauts on January 25th 2021 Bryant signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League CFL dot he was placed on the suspended list on July 10th 2021 after failing to report for training camp Bryant never played for the Argonauts and after the season he was released on December 23rd 2021 Massachusetts pirates on April 2nd 2021 Bryant signed with the Massachusetts pirates of the indoor football league Edmonton alks the Edmonton Elks of the CFL announced that they had signed Bryant on February 28th 2022 Bryant was released by the Elks on may3rd 2022 before training camp began fan controlled football on April 29th 2022 the FCF beasts recruited Bryant to the team Vegas vipers Bryant with the Vegas vipers in 2023 Bryant was selected by the Vegas vipers of the XFL with the fifth pick in the 2023 XFL skill players draft he played in Eight Games Starting six for the Vipers in 2023 catching 14 passes for 154 yards he was released on November 7th 2023 allowing him to sign with the Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys the November 7th 2023 the Dallas Cowboys signed Bryant to their practice squad he was released on January 4th 2024 Bryant signed a reserve future contract with the team on January 17 on May 8th the Cowboys released Bryant Washington commanders Bryant signed with the Washington commanders on August 13th 2024 personal life Clemson began recruiting Bryant when he was a freshman in high school he verbally committed to them during his second year of high school he also has amassed many tattoos including the NFL shield logo on his abdomen to remind him he was drafted in the fourth round and to keep himself motivated his cousin is former Clemson quarterback and former Toronto Argonaut teammate Kelly Bryant