New RB coach on mission to improve running game at FAMU

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  -- When reoccurring injuries forced Shawn Bryson to retire before he turned 30, he decided to catch up on some things that playing in the NFL made difficult for him to do – raise his child and try his hand in business.

But football kept beckoning and he couldn’t swear it off. Bryson, 37, had to find a way to give back to the sport that was his ticket out of rural Franklin, N.C. 

“I got into (coaching) because I played for a long time and I have all this knowledge that I need to give to somebody, especially the young kids that are striving to make it,” Bryson said. 

After stops at Lenoir–Rhyne University as an assistant coach and most recently at Temple University, where he was a graduate assistant, the one-time leading rusher for the Buffalo Bills – Bryson also played for the Detroit Lions – believes he’s found his niche at FAMU.

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