Bryan Cook holds the FS · Starter spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Bryan Cook played 17 games in 2025 with a 82% snap share.

Bryan Cook is a free safety for the Cincinnati Bengals. The 27-year-old Cincinnati native was drafted 62nd overall by Kansas City in the 2022 NFL Draft and spent his first four seasons with the Chiefs, appearing in back-to-back Super Bowl championship teams in 2022 and 2023. He signed with Cincinnati as an unrestricted free agent in March 2026 after four years in Kansas City. Cook started his final 49 games with the Chiefs and has appeared in 62 career regular-season contests, accumulating 228 tackles, 15 pass defenses, three interceptions, one sack, and two fumble recoveries. In 2025, he started all 17 games and recorded 82 tackles and six pass defenses. Cook played his final two college seasons at Cincinnati (2020-21), earning first-team All-American Athletic Conference honors in 2021.

Chiefs2022 – 2025

Bengalspresent

CollegeCincinnati; HowardDraftRound 2 · No. 62 overall · 2022 · KCAcquiredAcquired from Kansas City Chiefs · drafted thereHometownCincinnati, OH