Javaughn Byrd

Former cornerback at Northern Illinois. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 191 lb · Milwaukee, WI

CFB Index 14 · #308 of 327 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceNorthern Illinois 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 2036 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Northern Illinois. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Northern Illinois, 146 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202110 games

Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of King

202312 games

All-MACsecond

202413 games

All-MACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2036 national

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC

All-MAC mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 27-25 over that span.

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

14Below cohort / limited sample #308 of 327?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#678 / 2892 · 76th pct

Tackles#969 / 2892 · 66th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road7g	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

14 · #308 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #308 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Northern Illinois	39	27	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2023	Northern Illinois	32	23	2.0	0.0	5	3	--
2022	Northern Illinois	35	22	1.0	0.5	3	--	--
2021	Northern Illinois	40	32	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
Career		146	104	3.0	0.5	14	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · A. Brown — 99 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 54-15vs Western Illinois	1	1	—	0
Wk 2	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	1	0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Buffalo	1	0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-24@ NC State	1	1	—	0
Wk 6	W 34-20vs Massachusetts	2	2	—	2
Wk 7	W 17-7@ Bowling Green	3	0	—	0
Wk 8	L 6-13vs Toledo	4	2	—	0
Wk 9	L 23-25@ Ball State	3	1	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-28@ Western Michigan	4	4	—	0
Wk 12	W 29-16vs Akron	6	5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13	L 9-20@ Miami (OH)	6	5	—	1
Wk 14	W 24-16vs Central Michigan	5	4	—	0
Bowl	W 28-20@ Fresno State	2	2	—	0
Total		39	27	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology