UAB football player Greg Bryant declared brain dead after shooting

Former Notre Dame running back Greg Bryant, who had transferred to UAB, has been declared brain dead Sunday, according to West Palm Beach, Fla., police.

According to spokeswoman Lori Colombino, the 21-year-old was shot at 4:45 a.m. Saturday while he was driving south on Interstate 95 between Forest Hill and Southern boulevards.

He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and at 1 p.m. Sunday was declared brain dead. Maurice Glover, a passenger in Bryant’s car, was also shot but had minor injuries.

Investigators are seeking witnesses to the shooting. His family says Bryant was heading home from Sugar Daddy’s when he was shot in the head, according to Sun Sentinel news partner WPEC-TV.

“I heard a car followed him and rolled up on the side of him and started shooting,” Bryant’s step-grandfather Sam Kelly told WPEC.

The shooting remains under investigation as a homicide, police said.

Bryant was a five-star football recruit at American Heritage High in Delray Beach, Fla. He went on to play at Notre Dame, but transferred to UAB to be a part of their first recruiting class since restarting the football program.

He ran for 303 yards and three touchdowns in 15 games for Notre Dame but left before last season after he was ruled academically ineligible. He originally had been suspended for the first four games of last season for a team rules violation.