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 undeclared.