Joey Bryant spent one season with the Memphis football program after transferring from Arizona State where he competed for the Sun Devils for three seasons. At Memphis, he finished his career with nine solo tackles and a forced fumble at South Alabama.
In addition to competing for Arizona State's football program, Bryant was a member of the 2016-17 track and field team. In the 2017 Pac-12 Outdoor Championships, Bryant scored in the high, long and triple jumps. He qualified in the high jump for the NCAA West Preliminaries and just missed advancing to the NCAA Championships after a 13th-place finish.