Truth be told, Myles Bryant isn’t motivated by a desire to make good on a heartwarming college football career that began as a walk-on from Pasadena, Calif.
And enough with the Budda Baker comparisons.
Even though he shares similar size and traits with the former UW star and Arizona Cardinals free safety, Bryant never wanted to be the next Budda.
In part, Bryant’s all-out, play-like-it’s-your-last play mentality is a derivative of his 5-foot-9 and 185-pound frame, which makes him an easy-to-root-for underdog in a game of goliaths.
However, Washington’s senior free safety became a defensive leader and an indispensable fixture of a young secondary that includes four first-year starters because he never tried to fit into the perception others had of him.