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2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 23
Bryon Threats
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
- Previous School:
- Coffman HS / UCF
Career Summary
Threats has played in 46 games and made 20 starts over five seasons at UCLA (2025), UCF (2024) and Cincinnati (2022-23) โฆ has totaled 134 tackles (84-50-134), 8.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, four interceptions, nine pass breakups and one forced fumble in his career โฆ helped Cincinnati to back-to-back postseason berths in 2021 and 2022, including a College Football Playoff appearance in 2021.
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2025
Played in five games and made one start, coming against New Mexico (Sept. 12) โฆ totaled four tackles (1-3-4) โฆ assisted on three tackles in the season opener versus Utah (Aug. 30).
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2024 (UCF)
Saw action in four games during his lone season at UCF โฆ recorded seven tackles (6-1-7) and 1.0 tackle for loss โฆ made his debut in the season opener against New Hampshire, posting two tackles (Aug. 29) โฆ had a season-high three tackles against Colorado (Sept. 28).
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2023 (Cincinnati)
Played in all 12 games and made nine starts โฆ finished second on the team with 57 tackles (36-21-57), adding two interceptions, 1.0 sack and six pass breakups โฆ matched a career high with nine tackles (6-3-9) at Oklahoma State (Oct. 28) โฆ had an interception in two of the first three games of the season, including a 33-yard return against Miami (OH) (Sept. 16) โฆ had multiple pass breakups against Oklahoma (Sept. 23) and Baylor (Oct. 21).
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2022 (Cincinnati)
Played in all 13 of the teamโs games and made 10 starts โฆ recorded 58 tackles (37-21-58), 4.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions โฆ made his first career start in the season opener at Arkansas, making six tackles (Sept. 3) โฆ posted a career-high nine tackles (7-2-9) and recorded a 28-yard interception against Indiana (Sept. 24) โฆ had eight tackles (7-1-8) against UCF (Oct. 29) โฆ posted five tackles (3-2-5) against Louisville in the 2022 Fenway Bowl.
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2021 (Cincinnati)
Played in 12 games โฆ helped Cincinnati to a College Football Playoff appearance, as the Bearcats faced top-ranked Alabama in the Cotton Bowl on New Yearโs Eve โฆ totaled eight tackles (4-4-8) over the course of the year โฆ made his collegiate debut on against Miami (OH) (Sept. 4) โฆ notched his first career tackle against Murray State (Sept. 11) โฆ had a season-high two tackles in back-to-back games against South Florida (Nov. 12) and SMU (Nov. 20) โฆ recorded one tackle in Cincinnatiโs 35-20 win over Houston in the AAC Championship.
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High School
Prepped at Coffman High School (Dublin, Ohio) โฆ three-star recruit according to 247Sports โฆ first-team all-state and first-team all-district as a senior in 2020 โฆ played running back, slot receiver, cornerback, and strong safety during his high school career.
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Personal
Son of Sharon Wilkins and Joseph Threats โฆ has three siblings: Braelon, Terry, and Brianna โฆ hobbies and interests include basketball, coloring, painting and gaming โฆ earned an undergraduate degree from UCF โฆ enrolled in UCLAโs project management certificate program.
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Threats has played in 46 games and made 20 starts over five seasons at UCLA (2025), UCF (2024) and Cincinnati (2022-23) โฆ has totaled 134 tackles (84-50-134), 8.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, four interceptions, nine pass breakups and one forced fumble in his career โฆ helped Cincinnati to back-to-back postseason berths in 2021 and 2022, including a College Football Playoff appearance in 2021.
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2025
Played in five games and made one start, coming against New Mexico (Sept. 12) โฆ totaled four tackles (1-3-4) โฆ assisted on three tackles in the season opener versus Utah (Aug. 30).
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2024 (UCF)
Saw action in four games during his lone season at UCF โฆ recorded seven tackles (6-1-7) and 1.0 tackle for loss โฆ made his debut in the season opener against New Hampshire, posting two tackles (Aug. 29) โฆ had a season-high three tackles against Colorado (Sept. 28).
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2023 (Cincinnati)
Played in all 12 games and made nine starts โฆ finished second on the team with 57 tackles (36-21-57), adding two interceptions, 1.0 sack and six pass breakups โฆ matched a career high with nine tackles (6-3-9) at Oklahoma State (Oct. 28) โฆ had an interception in two of the first three games of the season, including a 33-yard return against Miami (OH) (Sept. 16) โฆ had multiple pass breakups against Oklahoma (Sept. 23) and Baylor (Oct. 21).
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2022 (Cincinnati)
Played in all 13 of the teamโs games and made 10 starts โฆ recorded 58 tackles (37-21-58), 4.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions โฆ made his first career start in the season opener at Arkansas, making six tackles (Sept. 3) โฆ posted a career-high nine tackles (7-2-9) and recorded a 28-yard interception against Indiana (Sept. 24) โฆ had eight tackles (7-1-8) against UCF (Oct. 29) โฆ posted five tackles (3-2-5) against Louisville in the 2022 Fenway Bowl.
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2021 (Cincinnati)
Played in 12 games โฆ helped Cincinnati to a College Football Playoff appearance, as the Bearcats faced top-ranked Alabama in the Cotton Bowl on New Yearโs Eve โฆ totaled eight tackles (4-4-8) over the course of the year โฆ made his collegiate debut on against Miami (OH) (Sept. 4) โฆ notched his first career tackle against Murray State (Sept. 11) โฆ had a season-high two tackles in back-to-back games against South Florida (Nov. 12) and SMU (Nov. 20) โฆ recorded one tackle in Cincinnatiโs 35-20 win over Houston in the AAC Championship.
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High School
Prepped at Coffman High School (Dublin, Ohio) โฆ three-star recruit according to 247Sports โฆ first-team all-state and first-team all-district as a senior in 2020 โฆ played running back, slot receiver, cornerback, and strong safety during his high school career.
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Personal
Son of Sharon Wilkins and Joseph Threats โฆ has three siblings: Braelon, Terry, and Brianna โฆ hobbies and interests include basketball, coloring, painting and gaming โฆ earned an undergraduate degree from UCF โฆ enrolled in UCLAโs project management certificate program.
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