Maryland Football Player Dies After Car Strikes Tree, Catches Fire

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A 21-year-old Maryland college football player died after crashing into a tree early Sunday morning in Ellicott City.
Howard County police say around 3:24 a.m., Saif Bryant of Columbia, was traveling northbound on Centennial Lane near Burnside Drive and for unknown reasons, left the roadway and crashed his 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix into a tree.
The #howardfamily lost a brother this morning. Saif Bryant and his brothers were the young men that really propelled our progra