Bryant Pirtle

Position:
OLB
Height:
6-2
Weight:
227
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
DeSales
Prev School:
Utah

2019: Played in all 13 games and made one start…Led the team with five sacks and ranked third with seven tackles for loss…Was seventh on the team with 34 total tackles…Recorded 16 solo stops and assisted on 18…Notched three quarterback hurries…Rated sixth in the Ohio Valley Conference in sacks…Recorded a season-high seven tackles vs. Murray State (11/23)…Had a sack in four-straight games from Sept. 21-Nov. 2…Posted four tackles and a season-best 2.5 tackles for loss vs. West Virginia State (9/21).

Utah: Played in three games on special teams in 2018.

Pima CC: Second-Team All-Conference selection in 2017 when he totaled 72 tackles with six tackles for loss (3.5 sacks)...Registered 29 tackles and 4.5 sacks as a freshman in 2016...Ranked No. 32 in the nation among junior college weakside defensive ends by 247Sports.

Prep: Courier-Journal First-Team All-State pick as a senior at DeSales H.S. (Ky.) in 2014 and Second-Team Associated Press Kentucky All-State...Listed in the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Class of the Commonwealth...Was Defensive MVP at the 2014 Best of the Bluegrass All-Star Game...In his junior and senior seasons, he combined for 148 tackles and 43 sacks (including three in the 2013 and 2014 state title games), while rushing for almost 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns...Compiled 77 tackles, 17.5 sacks, five fumble recoveries and 582 yards rushing with eight touchdowns prior to the 2014 state title game...Had 66 tackles and 22.5 sacks as a junior in 2013...DeSales won back-to-back Kentucky 2-A state titles in 2013 and 2014.

Personal: Majoring in General Studies.