2013: Sat out the 2013 season ...
2012: Had three tackles against Brevard (two solo, one assisted) ... Had one pass break up, this one coming on a fourth and third for the Tornados, which resulted in a turnover on downs ... Second on the team with six against Georgia Tech ... Had five solo and one assisted tackle, which was for a loss ... Also recorded two pass breakups ... Third on the team in tackles at Vanderbilt with seven (four solo, three assisted) ... Also had a pass breakup ... Posted four solo and one assisted tackle ... Had one kick return of 21 yards as well ... Had a punt return against Davidson for 52 total yards, including a career-long and PC's longest 44-yard return that put PC in position for its third score of the game ... He finished with four punt returns in that game, second in the PC Division I record book ... Tied for third on the team with 10 tackles (6-4) at VMI ... Returned one kickoff for 19 yards and one punt for one yard ... Led the team against Liberty in tackles with eight (7-1) ... Also forced a fumble, the first of his career ... His 31-yard kick return was also a personal best ... Caught 12 of the team's 16 punts this season, taking them a total of 80 yards ... Second in kick returns with seven for a total of 137 yards (19.6 a carry) ... Third on the team in tackles (57, 41-16) and led in pass breakups with five ... 37th in the nation in punt return average (6.67) ... Fourth in the league in punt return avg. (6.7) ... 15th in the conference in tackles (5.7), eighth in Big South games (6.8) ... Tied for eighth in passes defended (0.5) ... Tops in the PC Division I era career record books in punt return yards (211) and punt returns (34) and is second in average yards per punt return (6.21) ... He is also seventh in kick returns (17) and kick return yards (343), as well as ninth in total tackles (149) and fourth in unassisted tackles (94) ... His 14 pass breakups is second, just two behind current NFLer Justin Bethel for the top spot ... His five punt returns against Brevard was a record ... Byrd recorded a season record 12 punt returns, with his 80 punt return yards a season mark as well ... His 52 all-purpose yards at Davidson was a career-best, as was his 10 tackles (6-4) at VMI ... He also forced his first career fumble against Liberty and posted two pass breakups at Georgia Tech ...
2011: Led the team with seven tackles (6-1) and posted three pass breakups against VMI ... Also ran back one kick and two punts ... Two kick returns for 42 yards including a long of 28 at Liberty ... Totaled 11 tackles (9-2) at Liberty ... Second on the team in tackles with six (5-1) against GWU ... Had two BRUPs and recorded his first career interception as well ... In his fifth start of the season, he posted six tackles (2-4) and had one punt return ... Started at Furman, recording two assisted tackles ... Took back four kick returns for 77 yards, which included a career-long of 42 at California ... Also posted a career-high eight tackles (3-5) ... His 77 all-purpose yards was a personal best ... Tied for 26th in the league in tackles per game (4.5) and was 10th in passes defended (0.55) ... Fourth on the team in tackles with 50 and led in punt returns, catching 11 for 61 yards ... Second in kick returns (10) for 206 yards (20.6 a carry).
2010: Played in all 11 games ... Accounted for 42 total tackles on the year, including 21 unassisted stops ... Had six tackles at Wake forest ... Posted four at Clemson ... Tallied three solo tackles against North Greenville and Coastal Carolina ... Totaled six stops against Liberty ... Recorded a career-high four solo tackles against Stony Brook ... Credited with four pass break-ups on the year ... Top 50 in the Big South in tackles per game with 3.8.
High School: Played for Chip Walker at Sandy Creek H.S. ... Three-year letterwinner ... Two-time all-region honoree ... Three-time all-district selection ... Defensive MVP as a junior ... Tallied 85 tackles, had six pass break-ups and an interception as a senior ... Recorded 65 stops and five interceptions as a junior ... Six-time Sonny's Player of the Week ... Guided his team to a state title as a senior ... Led his squad to four region championships.
Personal: Cedric Lamar Byrd was born November 15, 1991 in Dekalb, Ga. ... Son of Mr. and Mrs. Zedric Byrd ... Major is Political Science.
