Arizona State defensive back Joey Bryant is exploring a transfer from program this offseason, becoming the latest Sun Devil senior looking for a new home in 2019.

The graduate student and former junior college transfer has put his name in the NCAA’s transfer portal after three years in Tempe. While Bryant has exhausted his five seasons of eligibility, he is expected to receive a hardship waiver from the NCAA after being limited to just four games in 2017 and none last season with knee injuries. If granted, he would be immediately eligible to play in 2019.

A starting cornerback early in 2017, Bryant's season ended prematurely after he tore his ACL in Week 4. After rehabilitation, Bryant was moved to safety last offseason and had been taking second-team reps at boundary ranger during preseason camp, behind senior DeMonte King. He then re-injured the same knee, just days before the team’s season-opener against Texas-San Antonio.

If he leaves, Bryant will finish his ASU career with 15 tackles, one sack, three passes defended and one interception in his four games played. Senior linebackers Jay Jay Wilson and Malik Lawal, senior utility back Nick Ralston and senior punter Michael Sleep-Dalton have all decided in the last week to transfer from ASU as well for 2019.

A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Bryant was a late bloomer as an athlete. After high school, he worked a full-time job for several years before a growth spurt (Bryant grew from 5-foot-6 to over 6-feet tall) led him to pursue college athletics. Bryant first attended Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., during his freshman and sophomore seasons and earned junior college All-American accolades in both football, where he recorded 50 career tackles, and track and field, where he participated in high jump and long jump.

Bryant came to ASU on a track scholarship before joining the football team two summers ago and beating out then-true freshman Chase Lucas at the boundary cornerback position in the 2017 preseason. He was 25 years old when he made his Division I debut in the Sun Devils' Week 1 win against New Mexico State last year.

However, entering 2019, it was unclear where Bryant was going to fit into ASU’s depth chart. While King’s graduation opened up the starting boundary ranger position, the Sun Devils have also restocked the secondary with a young crop of players recruited by second-year defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales and recruiting coordinator and linebackers coach Antonio Pierce.

Sophomores Aashari Crosswell and Cam Phillips return after promising freshmen seasons in 2018. The program also signed five incoming freshmen defensive backs during last month’s early signing day.

Without Bryant, ASU has 18 defensive backs on scholarship with spring practices set to start in less than a month, on Feb. 5.