# Elijah Bryant

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American basketball player (born 1995)

Elijah Bryant Bryant with Anadolu Efes in 2025 No. 3 – Hapoel Tel Aviv Position Shooting guard / small forward League Ligat HaAl EuroLeague Personal information Born (1995-04-19) April 19, 1995 (age 31) Gwinnett County, Georgia, U.S. Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Career information High school Mill Creek (Hoschton, Georgia) New Hampton School (New Hampton, New Hampshire) College Elon (2014–2015) BYU (2016–2018) NBA draft 2018: undrafted Playing career 2018–present Career history 2018–2019 Hapoel Eilat 2019–2021 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2021 Milwaukee Bucks 2021–2025 Anadolu Efes 2025–present Hapoel Tel Aviv Career highlights NBA champion (2021) EuroLeague champion (2022) All-EuroLeague First Team (2026) Turkish League champion (2023) Turkish Cup winner (2022) 2× Turkish Supercup winner (2022, 2024) Turkish Supercup MVP (2024) Israeli League champion (2020) All-Israeli League First Team (2019) First-team All-WCC (2018) CAA Rookie of the Year (2015) Third-team All-CAA (2015) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball Reference

**Elijah Brigham Bryant** (born April 19, 1995) is an American professional [basketball](/source/Basketball) player for [Hapoel Tel Aviv](/source/Hapoel_Tel_Aviv_B.C.) of the Israeli [Ligat HaAl](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League) and the [EuroLeague](/source/EuroLeague). He played [college basketball](/source/College_basketball) for the [Elon Phoenix](/source/Elon_Phoenix_men's_basketball) and [Brigham Young Cougars](/source/BYU_Cougars_men's_basketball).

## Early life

Born in [Gwinnett County, Georgia](/source/Gwinnett_County%2C_Georgia),[1] Bryant began playing basketball at a young age, always playing against older children. As a junior in high school, he had a growth spurt and grew one foot in a year.[2] Bryant attended [New Hampton School](/source/New_Hampton_School) in [New Hampton, New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampton%2C_New_Hampshire), where he averaged 13 points, four rebounds and four assists per game and led the Huskies to the NEPSAC AAA final.[3]

## College career

Bryant started his college career with [Elon University](/source/Elon_Phoenix_men's_basketball), where he averaged 14.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game in his freshman year.[3] Bryant was named [Colonial Athletic Association](/source/Colonial_Athletic_Association) Rookie of the Year and earned a spot in the Third-team All-CAA and CAA All-Rookie Team.[4] On July 28, 2015, Bryant transferred from Elon to [Brigham Young University](/source/Brigham_Young_University) (BYU), but sat out first season at BYU per NCAA transfer rules.[5]

He posted 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game as a sophomore. He only played 23 games due to the effects of a knee injury.[6] Despite the injury, Bryant scored career-high 39 points, including seven 3-pointers in a win against [Portland](/source/Portland_Pilots_men's_basketball).[2]

In his junior year at BYU, Bryant finished the season as the [West Coast Conference](/source/West_Coast_Conference) second-leading scorer with 18.1 points per game, third in free-throw percentage (.850), third in 3-point field goal percentage (.415), fourth in steals (1.2), eighth in rebounds (6.3) and tied for seventh in double-doubles.[3] On February 27, 2018, Bryant earned a spot in the First-team All-WCC.[7] On April 18, 2018, after completing his junior year at BYU, Bryant announced his plans to graduate and forgo his remaining eligibility for a professional career.[8]

## Professional career

### Hapoel Eilat (2018–2019)

After going undrafted in the [2018 NBA draft](/source/2018_NBA_draft), Bryant joined the [Philadelphia 76ers](/source/Philadelphia_76ers) for the [2018 NBA Summer League](/source/2018_NBA_Summer_League).[9]

On August 30, 2018, Bryant started his professional career with [Hapoel Eilat](/source/Hapoel_Eilat_B.C.) of the [Israeli Premier League](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League), signing a one-year deal.[10] On October 29, 2018, Bryant recorded a season-high 31 points, shooting 11-of-20 from the field, along with seven rebounds in an 81–75 win over [Bnei Herzliya](/source/Bnei_Herzliya).[11] On December 4, 2018, Bryant was named [Israeli League Player of the Month](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League#Player_of_the_Month) after averaging 20.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2 steals in four games played in November.[12] Bryant helped Eilat reach the [2019 Israeli League Final Four](/source/2019_Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League_Final_Four), where they eventually lost to [Maccabi Tel Aviv](/source/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C.). In 36 games played for Eilat, he finished as the [league](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League#Statistical_leaders) fourth-leading scorer (17.5 points per game) and fourth in [efficiency rating](/source/Performance_Index_Rating) (19.4 per game). On June 6, 2019, Bryant earned a spot in the [All-Israeli League First Team](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League#All-Israeli_League_Teams).[13]

### Maccabi Tel Aviv (2019–2021)

On July 1, 2019, Bryant joined the [Milwaukee Bucks](/source/Milwaukee_Bucks) for the [2019 NBA Summer League](/source/2019_NBA_Summer_League), where he averaged 14.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.[14]

On July 23, 2019, Bryant signed a two-year deal with [Maccabi Tel Aviv](/source/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C.).[15] On February 5, 2020, Bryant recorded a [EuroLeague](/source/EuroLeague) career-high 21 points, while shooting 9-of-19 from the field, along with six rebounds and four assists, leading Maccabi to an 80–77 win over [Khimki](/source/BC_Khimki).[16] On May 10, 2021, he left Maccabi.[17]

### Milwaukee Bucks (2021)

On May 13, 2021, Bryant signed with the [Milwaukee Bucks](/source/Milwaukee_Bucks).[18] In his first and only regular-season NBA game, Bryant scored 16 points against the [Chicago Bulls](/source/Chicago_Bulls) on May 16, 2021, in the Bucks' season finale. Bryant won an [NBA championship](/source/NBA_championship) when the Bucks defeated the [Phoenix Suns](/source/Phoenix_Suns) in 6 games of the [2021 NBA Finals](/source/2021_NBA_Finals). By playing 11 playoff games and only one regular season game in his career, Bryant has played in 10 more playoffs games in his career than he has regular season games.[19] In those 11 playoff games he averaged 1.3 points 1.1 rebounds in 4.5 minutes per game.[19] On September 26, he was waived by the Bucks,[20] but was re-signed three days later.[21] On October 14, the Bucks waived Bryant.[22]

### Anadolu Efes (2021–2025)

On October 18, 2021, Bryant signed with [Anadolu Efes](/source/Anadolu_Efes_S.K.) of the [Basketbol Süper Ligi](/source/Basketball_Super_League) in [Turkey](/source/Turkey).[23] On May 21, 2022, Bryant won the Euroleague with Anadolu Efes, grabbing 8 rebounds and 1 assist in the Championship Game win against Real Madrid. On June 22, 2023, it was announced that he had renewed his contract for another two years.

On October 15, 2024, Bryant was suspended for Round 3 of the 2024-2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. He was also fined 10,000 [euros](/source/Euros).[24] Bryant got into a scuffle under the basket with [Tarik Biberovic](/source/Tarik_Biberovic) with referees having to intervene and break them apart, ultimately resulting in both of them being ejected and both were suspended for one match.[25]

On July 1, 2025, Bryant amicably parted ways with the Turkish powerhouse after four successful seasons together.[26]

### Hapoel Tel Aviv (2025–present)

On July 6, 2025, Bryant signed with [Hapoel Tel Aviv](/source/Hapoel_Tel_Aviv_B.C.) of the Israeli [Ligat HaAl](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League).[27]

## Career statistics

Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game PIR Performance index rating Bold Career high

### NBA

#### Regular season

† Denotes seasons in which Bryant won the NBA

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2020–21† Milwaukee 1 0 31.6 .462 .200 1.000 6.0 3.0 — 1.0 16.0 Career 1 0 31.6 .462 .200 1.000 6.0 3.0 — 1.0 16.0

#### Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2021† Milwaukee 11 0 4.5 .350 .000 — 1.1 .4 .2 .1 1.3 Career 11 0 4.5 .350 .000 — 1.1 .4 .2 .1 1.3

### EuroLeague

† Denotes seasons in which Bryant won the EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR 2019–20 Maccabi Tel Aviv 27 15 19.7 .492 .417 .692 2.9 2.0 .9 .1 8.4 7.6 2020–21 34 26 23.3 .440 .369 .847 3.0 2.0 .9 .1 9.8 8.8 2021–22† Anadolu Efes 36 13 18.8 .451 .368 .810 2.9 1.2 .6 .1 5.3 5.2 2022–23 34 24 22.7 .524 .390 .860 4.1 1.5 .7 .4 8.5 9.9 2023–24 24 8 21.7 .461 .382 .872 3.9 2.7 .7 .3 9.7 11.5 2024–25 38 31 27.0 .444 .365 .900 '4.2 3.1 1.2 .2 13.8 14.4 2025–26 Hapoel Tel Aviv 38 38 29.2 .527 .372 .893 5.2 3.3 .7 .1 15.4 19.6 Career 231 155 23.3 .477 .378 .873 3.8 2.3 .8 .2 10.3 11.2

### Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2018–19 Hapoel Eilat Ligat HaAl 36 32.0 .558 .359 .767 5.7 2.5 1.4 .3 17.5 2018–19 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ligat HaAl 22 23.5 .417 .262 .804 4.4 2.1 1.4 .1 9.5 2020–21 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ligat HaAl 18 23.2 .554 .420 .829 3.8 2.8 .9 .2 13.6 2021–22 Anadolu Efes TBSL 30 24.8 .545 .412 .881 4.2 2.2 1.0 .1 11.0 2022–23 Anadolu Efes TBSL 26 27.9 .530 .471 .797 4.8 3.3 .1 .3 14.0 2023–24 Anadolu Efes TBSL 18 26.6 .478 .311 .806 5.2 4.4 1.3 .3 13.4 2024–25 Anadolu Efes TBSL 28 21.8 .489 .383 .813 2.2 3.0 1.1 .1 10.5

### College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2014–15 Elon 33 13 25.5 .382 .349 .751 4.2 2.7 1.3 .4 14.2 2016–17 BYU 23 9 24.7 .426 .278 .796 3.6 2.2 .9 .3 11.7 2017–18 BYU 35 34 34.7 .494 .415 .850 6.3 2.3 1.3 .5 18.2 Career 91 56 28.8 .437 .366 .800 4.9 2.4 1.2 .4 15.1

## Personal life

Bryant is the son of Israel Bryant and Reginald Strother, a physician. He is a member of [the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints](/source/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints). He married Jenelle Fraga in August 2017. They have one son.[2]

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Drew, Jay (November 8, 2017). ["Elijah Bryant, Luke Worthington are BYU basketball captains for 2017-18 season"](https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2017/11/08/elijah-bryant-luke-worthington-are-byu-basketball-captains-for-2017-18-season/). *[The Salt Lake Tribune](/source/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune)*. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["Milwaukee Bucks Request Waivers on Elijah Bryant"](https://www.nba.com/bucks/release/milwaukee-bucks-request-waivers-elijah-bryant). *NBA.com*. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["Amerikalı oyuncu Elijah Bryant ile iki yıllık sözleşme imzaladık"](https://www.anadoluefessk.org/haber/elijah-bryant-anadolu-efes-te). *AnadoluEfesSK.org* (in Turkish). October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

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## External links

- [BYU Cougars bio](https://byucougars.com/athlete/m-basketball/112561/Elijah-Bryant)

- [RealGM profile](https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Elijah-Bryant/Summary/80581)

- [TBLStat.net Profile](https://www.tblstat.net/player/3341)

v t e Hapoel Tel Aviv current roster 0 Motley 2 Blakeney 3 Bryant 6 Segev 9 Palatin 10 Timor (C) 11 Ennis 14 Blayzer 15 Edwards 17 Malcolm 20 Randolph 21 Odiase 22 Micić 24 Wainright 25 Oturu 30 Rabinowitz 41 Ginat 99 Ziv Head coach: Itoudis Assistant coaches: Dedas Lederer Salter

Links to related articles v t e Milwaukee Bucks 2020–21 NBA champions 0 DiVincenzo 3 Bryant 5 Teague 7 Forbes 9 Portis 11 Lopez 13 Nwora 15 Merrill 17 Tucker 21 Holiday 22 Middleton 24 Connaughton 25 Diakite 34 G. Antetokounmpo (Finals MVP) 43 T. Antetokounmpo 44 Jackson 66 Toupane Head coach Budenholzer Assistant coaches Baker Dunlap Forcier Ham Lee Oppenheimer St. Andrews Sullivan Regular season Playoffs v t e Anadolu Efes 2021–22 EuroLeague champions 0 Larkin 1 Beaubois 2 Singleton 3 Saybir 4 Balbay 6 Bryant 11 Gazi 18 Moerman 19 Tuncer 21 Pleiß 22 Micić (Final Four MVP) 23 Anderson 33 Petrušev 42 Dunston 44 Simon Head coach: Ataman Assistant coaches: Mijatović Sekizkök Yıldırım v t e Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup Final MVP 2016: Dixon 2017: Datome 2018: Balbay 2019: Simon 2020: N/A 2021: N/A 2022: Žižić 2023: N/A 2024: Bryant 2025: Hall

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