Coby Bryant

From 46-tackle rookie nickel to a 45-tackle, 9-PD safety in his 4th year — same final number, different position.

Bryant came in as a 4th-round nickel CB in 2022 and immediately produced — 46 tackles and 4 forced fumbles in 17 rookie games. After a 5-game injury-shortened 2023, he came back as a starter at safety for the Seahawks' revamped back end. His 2025 line — 45 tackles, 9 PDs — is his best ball-disruption year yet.

4 forced fumbles as a rookie — that's a Pro-Bowl-level rate for a nickel.

His 4 forced fumbles in 2022 led all rookie defensive backs and tied for the league lead at the position. It was the headline number that proved the 4th-round pick was a steal — a player who finishes plays at the catch point and in the run game.

He's added 2 more FF since (1 each in 2023 and 2025), giving him 6 career forced fumbles in 55 games — a 0.11/game pace that puts him among the league's better punch-the-ball DBs.

Pre-injury vs post-injury: tackle pace held, PD pace tripled.

After moving to safety in 2024-2025, his per-game pass-defense rate doubled (0.24 → 0.50) — more snaps at depth, more passes to break up. The tackle rate stayed roughly the same per game, but the PD output went from 4 → 6 → 9 as he settled into the position.

147 career tackles, 19 PDs, 6 FF across 55 games — and a 2-sack rookie season that's gone dormant.

His career line: 147 tackles, 5 TFL, 2 sacks, 7 QB hits, 19 PDs, 6 FF across 55 regular-season games. Notice the pressure stats are top-heavy — 2 sacks and 4 QB hits in 2022 as a blitzing nickel, then almost zero since moving to safety. The job description changed; the production followed.

Position switch from CB to safety — the rare DB who got better, not worse, after the move.

Most cornerbacks who get moved to safety see their numbers drop as the role gets bigger. Bryant's didn't — 9 PDs in 2025 is a career high, and he played all 18 games (regular season + playoffs) for the first time in his career.

The rosters confirm the move: he's listed as DB at #8 for SEA in 2025, in a year where he played a true two-deep safety role rather than nickel.

5-game 2023 season — injury cost him a season's worth of momentum, but he came back with two of his best years.

His 2023 line — 5 games, 12 tackles, 0 PDs — is the outlier on his career chart. Injury cost him 12 games. Most DBs see lingering effects after a season like that.

Instead, Bryant came back to play 15 games in 2024 (44 tackles, 6 PDs) and 18 in 2025 (45 tackles, 9 PDs) — his two highest-volume PD years. The dip year is on the resume, but his three healthy seasons all cluster around the same elite tackle volume.