On third-and-six for the Cowboys, inside KU territory, on the game’s opening drive, Bryant officially made it all the way back. “So, I was running to him and he said, ‘Now you’re feeling good. “At practice, he said run to him,” Bryant said of Leipold’s test. It wasn’t until a recent practice and a little test from the head coach that Bryant knew for sure that he would, in fact, be back out there for Saturday’s game against the Cowboys. “I just kept telling myself, ‘I’ve got to get back to my team because I know I (make) a big impact on my team,'” Bryant said after Saturday’s win.
His drive and desire to make it back as quickly as possible was all about this team, though. He said Saturday that he knew he would be back all along. With KU’s bye week coming after the Baylor loss, Bryant had an extra week to heal up and get back on the field. “There was an extra drive about how important this is to him,” Leipold said, noting that Bryant asked specifically to travel with the team to Baylor even though he knew he would not play. But finding out how much he loved it was a bit of a revelation. Through Bryant’s attitude in practice, his persistence in the training room and his support of his teammates while he was out, Leipold saw a side of Bryant that he didn’t fully know existed. “The thing I’m most proud of is how much work he put in to get healthy and his determination to be on the field and want to be on the field and be connected.” “I was so happy for him (and) proud of him,” Leipold said after the win.
The win made Kansas bowl eligible for the first time in 14 years, and the interception made both Bryant and head coach Lance Leipold lean to the emotional side of things when reflecting on it after the victory.
15, Bryant picked up his third interception of the season on arguably the best catch of his life to spark the Jayhawks’ 37-16 win over 18th-ranked Oklahoma State. It took Kansas cornerback Cobee Bryant all of one series in his first game in three weeks to remind people of the impact he can have on this KU defense.īack from a severe ankle sprain for the first time since the final seconds of the first half of KU’s loss at Oklahoma on Oct. Kansas cornerback Cobee Bryant (2) breaks up a pass intended for Oklahoma State wide receiver Bryson Green (9) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov.
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