Hunter Bryant is more excited to be sore than any athlete you’ll ever meet.
It’s a sunny Monday inside Husky Stadium, and the 6-foot-2, 241-pound tight end is all smiles, muscles and unkempt curls of helmet-smothered brown hair. He’s wearing a sweat-drenched purple jersey, shoulder pads and black pants.
But no “big-ass knee brace,” to quote Bryant.
At least, not anymore.
“It feels incredible,” Bryant says with that toothy grin. “My body’s just sore. It doesn’t hurt. It’s just a good sore, and I haven’t felt that since October of my freshman year.
“So just feeling that is really uplifting for me.