Cobee Bryant rakes in defensive player of the week awards

It was clear in the moment what Cobee Bryant’s three interceptions in the Jayhawks’ recent win over Houston meant for the Kansas football program.

Now we know what it meant on a national level.

Monday, Bryant was named the defensive player of the week by two national outlets — the Reese’s Senior Bowl and the East-West Shrine Bowl — along with the Big 12 Conference.

Bryant’s three interceptions in the 42-14 win over the Cougars tied a KU single-game record, last set by Bill Crank in 1958.

This was the first time that Bryant has recorded multiple interceptions in a game during his standout career. He is the first Jayhawk to record multiple interceptions since Hasan Defense at West Virginia in 2018.

Bryant is also just the just the seventh Big 12 player of all-time to accomplish the feat in a conference game, and the first since Allen Chapman picked off three passes for Kansas State on Nov. 3, 2012.

With his three interceptions last Saturday, Bryant now has 13 picks for his career, which is puts him in a tie for second on KU’s all-time list with former KU great Aqib Talib. Ray Evans still tops the chart with 17 career interceptions.

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