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2024 Football Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Greg Fiume

2 Bryson Canty

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 205
  • Hometown Pfafftown, N.C.
  • Previous School Reagan
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2024: First Team All-Ivy League … Named team’s Sid Luckman MVP … Finished his career ranked No. 5 in career receiving yards (1,661) and fourth in TD receptions (17) … Started nine games … Led squad with 43 receptions for 760 yards and nine touchdowns … Nine touchdowns ranked No. 18 in the country and was the third highest single-season mark in program history … Named Ivy League Player of the Week twice and posted three 100-yard receiving games from three different quarterbacks … Had six catches for a career-high 183 yards and two touchdowns in win at Brown … Caught game-winning touchdown with 4:39 left in fourth quarter and racked up 107 yards against Yale … Found the endzone twice against Dartmouth … Made eight catches for 137 yards and a TD in Columbia’s first win at Penn since 1996 … Posted six grabs for 95 yards and two touchdowns in win over No. 18 Lafayette.

2023: Played in three games … Missed final seven contests due to injury … Had three catches for 46 yards at Princeton.

2022: First Team All-Ivy League … Played in all 10 games for the Lions … Led the team with 73.3 average receiving yards per game for a season total of 733 yards … Caught a team-high six touchdown receptions … Had a season-high 138 receiving yards and one touchdown against Georgetown … Scored touchdowns in six of Columbia’s ten games … Had six rushing attempts for 38 yards … Longest run of the season was a 21-yard rush against Marist … Featured on ESPN’s NFL Countdown on the “You Got Mossed” segment after leaping TD grab against Wagner … Also played kick return and registered a tackle for loss against Yale.
 
2021: Saw action in seven games with three starts as a first-year wide receiver … Started each of the season’s final three contests at wide receiver after emerging as a deep threat … Tied for team lead with four other players in touchdown receptions with two … Concluded season with five receptions for 87 yards and two touchdowns … Also made two assisted tackles on year … Caught touchdown pass, and finished with one reception for six yards, and made two tackles in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Finished with a career-best three receptions for a career-high 50 yards, including a seven-yard touchdown reception and career-long 34-yard reception vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Made first career start and registered first career run vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Caught 31-yard reception, his first career catch at Yale (Oct. 30) … Saw first career game action at Princeton (Oct. 2).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2021 graduate of Reagan High School in Pfafftown, N.C. where he played two years of varsity football for Head Coach Josh McGee … Earned First Team Class 4A All-State honors as a senior … Earned Central Piedmont Class 4A All-Conference honors as a junior … Selected to play in the 2020 Carolinas Shrine Bowl … Played wide receiver and running back for the Raiders … Set the school rushing record with 347-yard performance vs. Davie County … Led the Raiders to a 3-4 record and 2-3 league record in spring 2021 .. Named the Motto Athletics Player of the Week on March 24, 2021 after accounting for five touchdowns, rushing for 347 yards on 23 carries, and finishing with 125 yards receiving in a 49-40 loss to Davie County … Scored four touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter, rushed 24 times for 128 yards and caught five passes for 72 yards vs. Glenn … Guided the Raiders to a 9-4 overall record and a Class 4A state playoff appearance as a junior in 2019 … Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports … Ranked the No. 76 overall player from North Carolina and the No. 228 wide receiver nationally in the Class of 2021 … Also played lacrosse and basketball … Earned Central Piedmont Class 4A All-Conference honors in lacrosse … Competed for the Triad Elite lacrosse team … Also played with the DOB 7o7 squad … Involved in community service activities including the Crosby Scholars.
 
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2021First Year

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 190 lbs
    24
  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 200 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 200 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 205 lbs
    2