Former Tiger Not Ready to Give up on NFL Comeback Attempt

A former Clemson standout isn’t ready to give up on the NFL just yet.

Martavis Bryant is still eyeing an NFL comeback and wants to keep playing.

The free-agent wide receiver feels he has plenty of football left in him and believes he can help a team if given the chance.

“I got a lot of football left,” Bryant said, via Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk . “Still love the game, never stopped loving the game. I had to take some time to reflect on myself and get my situation straight off the field. I did that. I put in a lot of work. There’s still so much left I can do. I know I can contribute to somebody that wants to give me the opportunity.”

Per Alper, Bryant said he spoke with Carolina Panthers senior assistant Jim Caldwell recently, though Bryant didn’t indicate that a deal was in the works. Bryant worked out for the Washington Commanders in May.

Bryant, who last saw NFL game action in 2018, was released by the Dallas Cowboys this spring. Prior to cutting him loose, Dallas re-signed Bryant to a futures deal earlier this year. Before that, he was released by the Cowboys in early January after they signed him to their practice squad this past November, shortly after he worked out for the team once the NFL reinstated him from suspension.

Bryant stuck with the Cowboys’ practice squad for a couple of months but was never elevated to the active roster for game action. The 6-foot-4, 211-pounder most recently played in an NFL game in 2018 with the then-Oakland Raiders. He was suspended indefinitely by the league that season after multiple violations of the league’s substance abuse policy.

Originally a fourth-round pick (118th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bryant tallied 145 catches for 2,183 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns while playing for the Steelers and the Raiders from 2014-18.

Along with the NFL, Bryant has spent time in the CFL, XFL and Fan Controlled Football league.

The Calhoun Falls, S.C. native played at Clemson from 2011-13, recording 61 receptions for 1,354 yards and 13 touchdowns over 37 games (13 starts) in his career.

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