Dave Brytus
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David A. Brytus 6'4" 235 lbs is an American football
punter and current free agent
in the National Football League
. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in April 2009 by the Baltimore Ravens
. He played collegiate football at both Purdue University
and the University of Pittsburgh
. Brytus is also a boxer
and mixed martial arts
fighter.
in Imperial, Pennsylvania
and graduated in 2004. He was ranked the #5 kicker in the nation by rivals.com
and he was selected to play in the prestigious Big 33 Football Classic
all-star game which features the top football players from both Pennsylvania
and Ohio
. He was also named to The Associated Press Pennsylvania Class AAA All-State Team (first team) as a senior after missing his entire junior season due to a broken leg. Brytus verbally committed to play college football at Purdue University prior to his senior season in high school
and officially signed in February 2004.
in 2005 was named to the Ray Guy Award
Semi Finalist List which is given annually to the nations best collegiate punter...dropped 22 of his punts inside the 20-yard line (35%)...had a season-long punt of 56 yards against Iowa
...his freshman year in 2004 Brytus averaged 40 yards on 53 punts...placed 15 of his punts (28%) inside the 20...had a then career-long 63-yarder against Michigan
...capped his freshman year by being named the Sun Bowl
's Most Valuable Special Teams Player after averaging a career-best 48.9 yards on eight punts, including a career-high (tied) four that landed inside the 20 against Arizona State
.
At Pittsburgh (2006–2008):Joined Pitt as a transfer from Purdue in January and sat out the 2006 season under NCAA
guidelines...Became the Panthers starting punter in 2007. placed 18 punts inside the 20-yard line (27%)...had a career-long punt of 66 yards at Rutgers
...averaged 40.2 yards on six punts overall vs. the Scarlet Knights
...averaged 45.0 yards on five punts vs. USF...had a long of 56 vs. USF and matched his season best with three punts inside the 20...making his Pitt debut, averaged 45.4 yards on five punts and dropped one inside the 20 against Eastern Michigan...performance earned him Big East
Special Teams Player of the Week honors...averaged 44.9 yards on seven punts at Virginia, including a 64-yarder...dropped a season-high three punts (seven attempts) inside the 20 against Syracuse...averaged 40 yards on seven punts vs. UConn with two inside the 20...averaged 40 yards on eight punts at Louisville with a long of 49.
in December 2009. He is now currently a free agent.
Heavyweight Fighter Brendan Schaub
on February 21, 2009 in Washington DC at the Patriot Center
. However, one week prior to the fight, Schaub suffered a broken bone in his hand and was forced to back out. Brytus is also a former Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Heavyweight Boxing Champion and two-time Pennsylvania State Karate Champion.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
punter and current free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in April 2009 by the Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...
. He played collegiate football at both Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
and the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
. Brytus is also a boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter.
High school career
Brytus attended West Allegheny High SchoolWest Allegheny High School
West Allegheny Senior High School is located in Imperial, Pennsylvania, just outside the Pittsburgh International Airport. It houses students grades 9-12, and is currently in the stages of being remodeled...
in Imperial, Pennsylvania
Imperial, Pennsylvania
Imperial is a census-designated place in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,541 at the 2010 census.The CDP is located in North Fayette and Findlay townships.-Geography:Imperial is located at ....
and graduated in 2004. He was ranked the #5 kicker in the nation by rivals.com
Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a network of websites that focus mainly on college football and basketball recruiting. The network was started in 1996 and currently employs more than 300 personnel.-Schools:The individual collegiate sites can be found...
and he was selected to play in the prestigious Big 33 Football Classic
Big 33 Football Classic
The Big 33 Football Classic is an all-star American football game featuring the top high-school football players in Pennsylvania. Played since 1957, the game is often described as the "Super Bowl of High School Football." The last 14 contests have pitted players from Pennsylvania against players...
all-star game which features the top football players from both Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
and Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. He was also named to The Associated Press Pennsylvania Class AAA All-State Team (first team) as a senior after missing his entire junior season due to a broken leg. Brytus verbally committed to play college football at Purdue University prior to his senior season in high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
and officially signed in February 2004.
College career
At Purdue (2004–05): Two-year starter at punter...as a sophomoreSophomore
Sophomore is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the second year of study at high school or university.The word is also used as a synonym for "second", for the second album or EP released by a musician or group, the second movie of a director, or the second season of a...
in 2005 was named to the Ray Guy Award
Ray Guy Award
The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's top punter by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, a former All-American at Southern Mississippi and an all-pro player for the Oakland Raiders.-Criteria:...
Semi Finalist List which is given annually to the nations best collegiate punter...dropped 22 of his punts inside the 20-yard line (35%)...had a season-long punt of 56 yards against Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
...his freshman year in 2004 Brytus averaged 40 yards on 53 punts...placed 15 of his punts (28%) inside the 20...had a then career-long 63-yarder against Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
...capped his freshman year by being named the Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
's Most Valuable Special Teams Player after averaging a career-best 48.9 yards on eight punts, including a career-high (tied) four that landed inside the 20 against Arizona State
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
.
At Pittsburgh (2006–2008):Joined Pitt as a transfer from Purdue in January and sat out the 2006 season under NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
guidelines...Became the Panthers starting punter in 2007. placed 18 punts inside the 20-yard line (27%)...had a career-long punt of 66 yards at Rutgers
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
...averaged 40.2 yards on six punts overall vs. the Scarlet Knights
Scarlet Knights
The Scarlet Knights were a fictional British mutant family and Royal Air Force superteam in the Marvel Comics Universe.-Fiction team history:...
...averaged 45.0 yards on five punts vs. USF...had a long of 56 vs. USF and matched his season best with three punts inside the 20...making his Pitt debut, averaged 45.4 yards on five punts and dropped one inside the 20 against Eastern Michigan...performance earned him Big East
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
Special Teams Player of the Week honors...averaged 44.9 yards on seven punts at Virginia, including a 64-yarder...dropped a season-high three punts (seven attempts) inside the 20 against Syracuse...averaged 40 yards on seven punts vs. UConn with two inside the 20...averaged 40 yards on eight punts at Louisville with a long of 49.
Professional career
Brytus signed with the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL in April 2009. He was later released to free agency. He attended a workout with the San Diego ChargersSan Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in December 2009. He is now currently a free agent.
Mixed martial arts
Brytus was scheduled to fight in the Ultimate Warrior Challenge against current UFCUltimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
Heavyweight Fighter Brendan Schaub
Brendan Schaub
Brendan Peter Schaub is an American professional mixed martial artist and former professional football player for the AFL's Utah Blaze and as a member of the Buffalo Bills practice squad. He was a finalist and the runner-up of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.-Biography:Schaub was...
on February 21, 2009 in Washington DC at the Patriot Center
Patriot Center
The Patriot Center is a 10,000-seat arena in Fairfax, Virginia. It is located on the campus of George Mason University , and has attracted 9.6 million people to over 2,958 events. In 2010, the Patriot Center was ranked No. 7 nationwide and No...
. However, one week prior to the fight, Schaub suffered a broken bone in his hand and was forced to back out. Brytus is also a former Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Heavyweight Boxing Champion and two-time Pennsylvania State Karate Champion.