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Long-established Austin Peay defensive abet Juantarius Bryant acknowledged he used to be the sufferer of a hoax centered around a counterfeit tryout with the Atlanta Falcons.
Bryant explained Saturday somebody had reached out to him while pretending to be Falcons defensive coordinator Dean Pees. He drove to Atlanta’s team facility for rookie minicamp, handiest to note the team hadn’t invited him. He known as it “one of essentially the most embarrassing things that has ever took region to me.”
“I’m in a position to transfer on from the topic and respectfully I attach not essentially feel enjoy talking about it time and yet again,” he acknowledged. “Sure, whoever did this to me might maybe be very infamous, however I am animated on from the topic and I forgive them for no topic cause they chose to attach it.”
Bryant had previously instructed Alexander Allard of The All Say, Austin Peay’s student newspaper, about receiving a text purportedly from Pees.
“When he instructed me they’ve a neighborhood for me at the rookie minicamp, my heart stunning started racing,” he acknowledged. “It made me delivery thinking ‘not easy work essentially does repay.’ I had sacrificed so many things stunning to catch an opportunity that a kind of alternative folks would hang folded had they been in my situation.”
The Nashville, Tennessee, native went undrafted in 2020.
Bryant used to be a main-team All-Ohio Valley Conference defender as a senior in 2019. He completed the year with 107 total tackles and 4 inch breakups and helped the Governors claim a share of their first OVC title since 1977.
