Safety, Middle Tennessee, 2011–15
Kevin Byard
- Number
- No. 20
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Lithonia, GA
- Born
- Aug 17, 1993
Kevin Byard played safety at Middle Tennessee (2011–15). The Tennessee Titans took Byard in round 3, No. 64 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Middle Tennessee | 4 |
| 2013 | Middle Tennessee | 5 |
| 2014 | Middle Tennessee | 6 |
| 2015 | Middle Tennessee | 4 |
| Career | 19 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12 | 48 | 26 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013N | 13 | 61 | 45 | 106 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – |
| 2014E | 12 of 12 | 43 | 23 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Middle Tennessee | 20 | S | |
| 2012 | Middle Tennessee | 20 | S | |
| 2013 | Middle Tennessee | 20 | S | |
| 2014 | Middle Tennessee | 20 | S | |
| 2015 | Middle Tennessee | 20 | S | 5′11″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2015 Middle Tennessee 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | at Alabama | L 10–37 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Vanderbilt | L 13–17 | 1 |
| Nov 21 | vs. North Texas | W 41–7 | 1 |
| Nov 28 | at UTSA | W 42–7 | 1 |
2014 Middle Tennessee 6 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs.Savannah State | W 61–7 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | at Minnesota | L 24–35 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | at Old Dominion | W 41–28 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Southern Miss | W 37–31 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | vs. UAB | W 34–22 | 1 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 35–34 | 1 |
2013 Middle Tennessee 5 games with an interception on file, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | atFlorida Atlantic | W 42–35 | 1 |
| Sep 27 | at BYU | L 10–37 | 1 |
| Oct 24 | vs. Marshall | W 51–49 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Florida International | W 48–0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | atSouthern Miss | W 42–21 | 1 |
2012 Middle Tennessee 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | at Memphis | W 48–30 | 1 |
| Oct 27 | vs.North Texas | W 38–21 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Troy | W 24–21 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (South team, won 27–16).
| Drill | Pro day 2016 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¼″ |
| Weight | 212 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| Wingspan | 77⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.46 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 sW |
| Vertical jump | 38″ |
| Broad jump | 9′0″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.73 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.15 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 169 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.
Pro Bowls: 3 (2017, 2021, 2025) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2017, 2021, 2025)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017, 2021, 2025; Pro Football Writers first team 2017, 2021, 2025; Sporting News first team 2021, 2025.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 83 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 81 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 77 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 101 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Tennessee Titans | 17 | 73 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | Tennessee Titans | 17 | 96 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 110 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 120 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 90 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026 (so far) | New England Patriots | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 169 | 908 | 6 | 36 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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