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CB Fernando Bryant: Former First Round Pick Calls It Quits
by Site Staff of PatriotsInsider.com, June 24, 2009 at 1:09pm ET

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CB Fernando Bryant has announced his retirement. Bryant, 32, re-signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in March after appearing in two regular-season games last year.

Bryant started in 109 of the 112 games he played during his NFL career. He registered 512 tackles (438 solo), 89 defensed passes, seven interceptions, three forced fumbles and nine recovered fumbles. He was named to all of the major NFL all-rookie teams in 1999 when he posted a career-high 78 tackles (64 solo), two interceptions, 13 defensed passes and one forced fumble and one recovered fumble.

Bryant was originally selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round (26th overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft. After five seasons in Jacksonville (1999-2003), Bryant signed a free agent deal with Detroit spending four injury-filled seasons with the Lions (2004-07). He signed with the Patriots in March 2008, but was released prior to the start of the regular season. He agreed to terms with the Steelers in November 2008.

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Fernando Bryant Scout.com Headlines:
CB Fernando Bryant: Former First Round Pick Calls It Quits
-by PatriotsInsider.com Jun 24, 2009
CB Fernando Bryant: Veteran CB to Retire
-by ScoutNFLNetwork.com Jun 23, 2009
CB Fernando Bryant: Former Patriot Signs New Deal
-by PatriotsInsider.com Mar 17, 2009
Reserve tackle returning to Pittsburgh
The Steelers have signed Trai Essex to a 2-year contract.
-by SteelCityInsider.com Mar 17, 2009
CB Fernando Bryant: Veteran CB Signs With Steelers
-by ScoutNFLNetwork.com Nov 11, 2008
The Tough Cut
Sometimes you know what you need to do, but making that move is the hard part.
-by PatriotsInsider.com Sep 4, 2008
RUMOR: A Replacement For Bryant?
Is it for real? What we're hearing is that the team is looking to add a DB
-by PatriotsInsider.com Aug 31, 2008
Patriots Release Gutierrez, Bryant & 12 More
New England released 14 players on Saturday, including Matt Gutierrez and Fernando Bryant
-by PatriotsInsider.com Aug 30, 2008
Patriots - Giants: Game Balls & Goats
Patriots fall 14 -19 to New York. Where is the offense... or the defense for that matter?
-by PatriotsInsider.com Aug 28, 2008
Patriots Quick Hits: Slater, Wilfork ...
News and notes on the Patriots as of 6/20. Matt Slater, Mike Vrabel, Vince Wilfork...
-by PatriotsInsider.com Jun 20, 2008
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Injury News:
CB Fernando Bryant: Misses practice due to "soreness"
-by RoarReport.com Jul 30, 2006
CB Fernando Bryant: Placed on IR; Lions Re-Sign WR Vines
-by RoarReport.com Sep 27, 2005
CB Fernando Bryant: Injury Update
-by ScoutNFLNetwork.com Sep 27, 2005
Lions Notebook: Injury Report; Sledge Could Return
-by RoarReport.com Sep 26, 2005
CB Fernando Bryant: Injury Update
-by ScoutNFLNetwork.com Sep 26, 2005

[All Injury News (33)]

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Fernando Bryant
Ht: 5-10 Wt: 178
Position: CB
Date of Birth: 03/26/1977
Experience: 10
High School: Riverdale HS
(Murfreesboro, TN)
College: Alabama


Biography:
How Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New England Patriots on March 20, 2008.

Contract: One-year deal -- Terms unknown

(2008-present) New England Patriots:
Joins the Patriots as an extra defensive back. Will likely win the starting role to replace Asante Samuel.

(2004-2007) Detroit Lions:
Joined the Lions as an unrestricted free agent (Jaguars) in 2004. Became the Lions Full-time starter. Appeared in 38 games for the Lions over four seasons. Missed much of the

(1999-2003) Jacksonville Jaguars:
Selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round (26th overall) in the 1999 NFL Draft.

Personal:
Born Fernando Antoneyo Bryant in Albany, Ga .. All-America as two-way starter at Riverdale in Murfreesboro, Tenn. ... Finished third in the 100-meter championships (10.1 seconds) at the state track meet.

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