Kentucky signee Ty Bryant recorded a voice mail message for his dad, Cisco, when he was 4 years old that he ended with “Go Cats.” (Terri Bryant Photo)
If you ever happen to call former UK receiver Cisco Bryant and get his voice mail, you will hear a child’s voice. It’s his son, Ty, who made the voice mail recording at age 4 — and last week the Frederick Douglass three-star safety signed to play football at Kentucky.
“Every time I change phones, thanks to technology I move that voice mail to the new phone,” Cisco Bryant said.
Ty Bryant can still remember recording that voice mail message for his father.
“It was at one of our old houses,” the UK signee said. “He (Cisco) it brings back memories for him and he saved it. He likes when people call and hear it. He gets a big kick out of it.”
Cisco said it’s not unusual for someone to tell him they thought Ty was his only child and wondered who was on the voice mail message.
“This is a true statement. I didn’t tell him what to say when we did it. He just did it and did it on the first take. He had been asking me if he could do the message if I got a new phone, so I let him and he just did it.”
Ty remembers his father telling him a few things to include in the message.
“But I just went with it and added my own flavor,” Ty said.
The message ends with “Go Wildcats” and now Ty is going to play for the Cats just like his dad did.
“That was just something I threw in there. I grew up a Kentucky fan,” he said. “Every little kid then loved Oregon because of the jerseys but as I got older I realized it was about more than the color of the jersey. It was who loved you and I fell back in love with Kentucky. I was so blessed to get that offer after my sophomore year.”
