Hunter Bryant is No. 1.
Literally, that’s the number pasted on both sides of the 6-foot-2, 239-pound junior’s purple jersey. It’s the number that got progressively smaller as he separated from Utah’s secondary for a 40-yard score last Saturday. It’s the number that hurdled sophomore defensive back R.J. Hubert along the way. It’s the number that stutter-stepped five yards past the line of scrimmage in the second quarter, inducing a Julian Blackmon stumble that yielded another 34-yard score. It’s literally a number, and it might also be a spoiler.
Come next April, might Bryant be the first tight end selected in the 2020 NFL Draft?