2025 Bryson Nesbit TE North Carolina NFL Draft Report CFBALL

• Position Tight End
• Class Senior
• Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 235
• Hometown Charlotte, NC.
• Highschool South Mecklenburg HS

First-team AP All-ACC (2023)
First-team All-ACC (2023)
Honorable Mention All-ACC (2022)

2024 – Senior Season
Caught three passes for 22 yards against Georgia Tech • Had four catches for 34 yards against Pitt • Caught third TD of season and has a season-high five receptions at Duke • Had season-high four receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown against JMU • Had three receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown against Charlotte, set UNC record for career touchdown receptions by a tight end with 13 • Recorded two receptions and 15 yards against Minnesota • Named to the 2024 Mackey Award Watch List prior to the season. 

2023 – Junior Season
Appeared in 12 games while starting two • Finished the season with 41 receptions for 585 yards and five touchdowns • Named first-team All-ACC • Tabbed first-team AP All-ACC • Recorded three or more receptions in eight of the 12 games he played this season • Recorded the most receiving yards by a tight end in the ACC (585) • Tallied seven games with more than 40 receiving yards and five games with more than 50 receiving yards • Caught three passes for 22 yards versus South Carolina • Had a 9-yard reception versus App St. • Caught four passes for 46 yards and a TD against Minnesota • Added two catches for 11 yards at Pitt • Posted five receptions for 79 yards and a TD versus Syracuse • Added two catches for 13 yards against Miami • Had three catches for a season-high 93 yards and a TD versus Virginia • Tallied three catches for 89 yards and a score at Georgia Tech • Had six catches for 78 yards against Campbell • Made a season-high seven catches for 68 yards and a TD versus Duke • Added two catches for 29 yards at Clemson • Finished the regular season with three receptions for 48 yards at NC State • Missed the bowl game due to injury.

2022 – Sophomore Season

Appeared in all 14 games at tight end • Honorable Mention All-ACC • Ranked third on the team in receptions (35) and yards receiving (507) • Had four receptions, 53 yards and a touchdown against FAMU • Had three receptions for 47 yards and a receiving TD against App State • Also returned an on-side kick 43 yards for a TD against the Mountaineers • Caught two balls for 16 yards at Georgia State • Had one reception for 23 yards against Notre Dame • Had a career-high 98 receiving yards on four catches and a TD against Virginia Tech • Made one catch for 22 yards at Miami • Had three receptions for 20 yards at Duke • Had a career high five receptions at Wake Forest • Led Carolina in receiving with 85 yards vs. Georgia Tech • Had three catches for 32 yards vs. NC State • Had three catches for 11 yards vs. Clemson • Made three catches for 37 yards and a touchdown in the Holiday Bowl against Oregon.

2021 – True Freshman Season

Appeared in 11 games and started the Wake Forest game at tight end • Finished the season with seven receptions for 154 yards and one touchdown • Had one catch for a season long reception of 47 yards and a touchdown against Georgia State • Had one reception for 28 yards against Florida State • Set season highs with three catches for 50 yards at Notre Dame • Hauled in two catches for 29 yards against South Carolina at the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. 

South Mecklenburg High School

A four-star prospect listed as the nation’s No. 13 tight end and the No. 19 player in North Carolina in the 247Sports Composite • Ranked as the nation’s 17th-best tight end and the No. 15 player in the state according to Rivals • Tabbed as the nation’s No. 10 tight end and the No. 30 player in the state according to ESPN • An SI All-America candidate prior to his senior season • Tallied more than 500 yards and four TDs as a junior • Earned third-team All-Observer honors • Started playing football in the summer prior to his junior season • Also played basketball for two years as a prep • Coached by Joe Evans.

Personal
Son of Jamar and Tara Nesbit • Father, Jamar, was a three-time All-SEC performer and Hall of Famer at South Carolina from 1995-98 and went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL with the Panthers, Jaguars and Saints • Mom, Tara, played soccer at South Carolina • Birthday is Sept. 25.