Za’Quan Bryan developed into one of the top high school football players in Savannah coming up in a Benedictine program where he learned the ropes as an underclassman by paying attention to how to older Cadet stars went about their business.
Bryan starred on both sides of the ball and helped the Cadets to back-to-back state titles in his junior and senior seasons of 2021 and 2022 as he took pride in becoming a team leader himself.
He earned a scholarship at the University of Minnesota, and Bryan is a defensive back on the rise as his junior season with the Gophers approaches. But this week, he’ll be back where it all started at Benedictine — giving back to the football community that helped him get where he is today with the third annual Camp ZB4 football camp set for Sunday, June 29, at Benedictine.
After redshirting for the 2023 season, Bryan broke into the Gopher starting lineup last season when he played in every game and had three starts — recording 19 tackles with five pass breakups and picking off the first pass of his college career to seal the win in the fourth quarter for the Gophers over Virginia Tech in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
“I love Minnesota, it’s a great place to be,” Bryan said in a recent phone interview. “The biggest change for me was weather wise — I had to learn to deal with the snow, and it was a little bit of an adjustment, but I’m used to it now. It’s been awesome playing here in front of the huge crowds that get so involved in the game.”
Bryan was named the All-Greater Savannah Overall Football Player of the Year in his senior year for the Cadets, when BC beat Cedartown 14-13 behind an epic goal line stand to close out the championship game at Atlanta’s Center Parc Stadium in a rain storm that soaked the stadium. The four-star recruit had seven catches for 65 yards and a score in the title…
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Publish date : 2025-06-23 08:02:00
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