Photo comingPavo, Georgia
01 · Roots
Pavo
Small-town Georgia. Family, faith and a work ethic learned early — the foundation for everything after.
Clemson: Family & Brotherhood
The story
The game ended. The work didn’t.
Pavo. Clemson. The NFL. Nashville. Ownership. A story still being written.
Chapters
Photo comingPavo, Georgia
01 · Roots
Pavo
Small-town Georgia. Family, faith and a work ethic learned early — the foundation for everything after.
Clemson: Family & Brotherhood
02 · High School
Thomas County Central
Where the dream got serious. The same community he now returns to every summer for Camp AB.
03 · 2015–2018
Clemson
Developed as an athlete and as a man. Two National Championships. First-Team All-American. 20 sacks in 51 games.
Official Clemson profile
04 · 2019
The NFL
Drafted in Round 4, Pick 117. Six professional seasons at the highest level.
NFL profile
05 · Detroit
Detroit Lions
Where the professional career began — learning what it takes to stay in the league.
06 · San Francisco
49ers
Another locker room, another standard. More lessons in preparation and resilience.
07 · Transition
The Next Game
Learning how to build something outside football — with the same discipline football demanded.
08 · Nashville
A New Home
Marriage. Real estate. Business. Community. A new chapter built on the same foundation.
Photo comingJob site
09 · Now
Ownership
From earning to owning — development, partnerships and the search for enduring businesses.
10 · Next
Impact & The Future
Building something that outlasts him: family, community and the next generation.
Chapter · Clemson
#7
Developed as a man.
Clemson cared about Austin’s holistic development — not just as a football player, but as a man, and eventually as a businessman. Toughness. Dedication. Commitment. The same qualities football demanded are the ones he brings into business.
- 2x
- National Champion
- 51
- Games
- 153
- Tackles
- 35
- Tackles for loss
- 20
- Sacks
- 32
- QB pressures
- 4
- Seasons · 2015–2018
- #7
- Defensive end
- First-Team All-American — Football Writers Association of America, 2017
- Most Outstanding Defensive Player — 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal, Cotton Bowl
- Sports Illustrated cover — College Football 2018, “Big Cats: Clemson’s D-Line”
- Degree in Management — Clemson University, earned as a four-year member of the program
Different game, same BEAST!
Austin “AB” Bryant
P.A.W. Journey · Alumni Ambassador
Now I get to come back.
“I’m extremely blessed to have come through a program that cared about developing me as a player, but also as a man and eventually a businessman.”
P.A.W. Journey develops Clemson football players through personal growth, life skills and professional development. Jeff Davis and the program put the right people in Austin’s life and exposed him to the real world long before football was over.
Clemson has now honored him as a P.A.W. Journey Alumni Ambassador — a resource for the guys coming behind him. “That part means the most.”
Chapter · The NFL
2019 NFL Draft.
- 4
- Round
- 117
- Pick
- 6
- Pro seasons
Detroit Lions. San Francisco 49ers. Six years at the highest level — and an education in preparation, resilience and what it takes to stay.