Rashad Byrd: LB · Georgia Southern · #45.
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Rashad Byrd
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The four seasons at Georgia Southern span two head coaches: Tyson Summers and Chad Lunsford. All-Sun Belt in 2020 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Army — Week 12, 2020.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 76 | 37 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 85 | 44 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 53 | 30 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 44 | 31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 258 | 142 | 22.5 | 4.0 | 10 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-26vs Campbell | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 18-20@ No. 19 Louisiana | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-30@ UL Monroe | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-0vs Massachusetts | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ No. 25 Coastal Carolina | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-17vs South Alabama | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-13vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-38vs Texas State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-28@ Army | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 24-30@ Georgia State | 7 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-3vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | L 26-34vs App State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 36 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
76tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
5%4 pass breakups76 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+8g | 6.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
21.5%
172 pass / 628 run
Plays / game
66.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
196 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 258 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
