University of North Carolina Athletics
2026 Spring Football Roster
Coleman Bryson
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Waynesville, N.C.
- High School:
- Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
HONORS:
CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2024, 2023)
Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2023)
2025 - Redshirt Junior Season at Carolina
CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2024, 2023)
Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2023)
2025 - Redshirt Junior Season at Carolina
- Appeared in all 12 games
- Recorded 17 tackles
- Had 11 solo stops and six assisted tackles
- Notched two pass breakups, registering one in the season opener against TCU and one at home against Virginia
- Had his best game of the season with four tackles, all solo, against Virginia
- Tallied at least one tackle in 10 of the team’s 12 games
- Appeared in all 13 games for the Gophers
- Finished the season with 20 tackles, including 14 solo
- Made three tackles against North Carolina
- Notched one tackle and broke up one pass against Nevada
- Had a season-high five tackles at Michigan
- Made one tackle and broke up two passes at Wisconsin
- Played in 13 games
- Saw most of his action on special teams, but played more on defense toward the end of the season
- Totaled 25 tackles.
- Recovered an onside kick in the fourth quarter against Louisiana
- Made five tackles at Purdue and at Ohio State
- Logged a career-high 10 tackles in a start against Wisconsin
- Saw action in five games before redshirting the season
- Made seven tackles, broke up one pass and returned one interception 70 yards for a touchdown against Syracuse to earn MVP honors of the Bad Boy Mower Pinstripe Bowl
- Also made his first career start against Syracuse
- Finished the season with nine tackles and an interception
- Made his Minnesota debut against New Mexico State
- Attended Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Rabun Gap, Ga.
- Wore No. 10 for the Eagles
- As a senior, recorded 92 tackles, four sacks, three interceptions and blocked one field goal in 11 games
- Also played on offense
- Rushed 27 times for 205 yards and three touchdowns and caught six receptions for 104 yards and one touchdown
- Helped lead team to the Class A state championship game
- As a junior, made 35 tackles and grabbed two interceptions to go along with one sack and one fumble recovery
- Caught eight passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing 26 times for 331 yards and two touchdowns
- Coached by Joe Sturdivant
- Also played basketball
- Consensus three-star recruit
- 247Sports listed him as the No. 66 safety in the nation.
- Son of Christy and Kirk Kirkpatrick and the late Brian Bryson
- Has two brothers (Hunter and Walker)
- Mother, Christy, played college basketball at Georgia and Kirk played college baseball at North Carolina
- His late father, Brian, played quarterback at Lenior Rhyne and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame.
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Wednesday, February 18
WBB: Post-Duke Conference - Feb. 15, 2026
Sunday, February 15
UNC Women's Basketball: Tar Heels Fall at Duke, 72-68
Sunday, February 15
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