| Class:
Senior
|
Height/Weight:
6-0
/
200
|
| Home Town:
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Position/Event:
Defensive Back
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| High School:
Bishop Kelley
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B/T:
|
| Season | G | UA | A
| TOTAL
| TFL | SACK | INT |
| 2010 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2011 | 8 | 34 | 11 | 45 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-40 |
| 2012 | 10 | 37 | 19 | 56 | 3.5-6 | 0.5-2 | 2-23 |
CAREER
| 27 | 93 | 46 | 139 | 6.5-9 | 0.5-2 | 4-83 |
student-athlete bio:
2013: Team captain.
2012: First-team all-UAA … Third on the team with 56 tackles … Also added five pass break-ups, 3.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions and 0.5 sacks … Led the conference in fumbles recovered (three) and tied for first in interceptions in league games only (two) … Made season-high eight tackles at DePauw (9/29) and at Denison (10/20) … Recorded an interception in each of the last two conference games.
2011: Second-team all-UAA … Started eight games at defensive back … Missed the season finale against Chicago with an injury … Second on the team in interceptions (two) and fourth in tackles (45) … Made season-high 11 tackles and forced fumble at Carnegie Mellon (10/29) … UAA Athlete of the Week on Sept. 12 following seven solo stops, a tackle for loss and interception vs. Rhodes (9/10).
2010: Honorable-mention all-UAA … Started seven of nine games played as a freshman … Eighth on the team with 38 tackles … Recorded career-high 12 stops in win at Case Western Reserve (11/6).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner in football and baseball at Bishop Kelley High School … Made 113 tackles and had three interceptions as a senior … Recorded 206 tackles and nine interceptions … 2009 Bishop Kelley Defensive Player of the Year … All-District, All-Metro and All-State … National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Majoriong in mechanical engineering … Son of Randy and Teryl Byers.