Dez Bryant
Three Pro Bowls and a 2014 All-Pro season in eight years as a Cowboy.
Dez Bryant is a former NFL wide receiver who spent eight of his nine seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, who drafted him in the first round in 2010. He came from Oklahoma State, where he was a consensus All-American as a sophomore in 2008.
Quick Facts
- Number
- 88
- Position
- Wide receiver
- Born
- 4 November 1988
- Birthplace
- Galveston, Texas, U.S.
- High school
- Lufkin (Lufkin, Texas)
- College
- Oklahoma State (2007–2009)
- Draft year
- 2010
- Draft round
- 1
Lore & Background
Bryant was born in Galveston, Texas, and grew up in Lufkin, where he caught 16 touchdown passes as a junior and 21 as a senior for Lufkin High School and also competed in the hurdles and triple jump. He committed to Oklahoma State in January 2007 and played there until 2009, missing most of his junior year after breaking an NCAA bylaw.
Did You Know?
- Rivals.com rated Bryant the No. 9 wide receiver prospect in the 2007 recruiting class.
- Before Oklahoma State, he took official visits to Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
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