Junior running back for Charlotte. 2023: 211 rushing yards, 7 catches.
5′10″ · 210 lb · Alabaster, AL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
3 running back for Charlotte. 2023: 211 rushing yards, 7 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearShadrick Byrd
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Four head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Conference USA again in 2022. One game to point at: 92 rush yds, 4 rec yds against Navy — Week 7, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Charlotte, 1,414 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Healy, Peter Rossomando, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (2nd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 39.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 13.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 26.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 27.5 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 24–3
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-3vs South Carolina State | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-38@ Maryland | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | L 25-41vs Georgia State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-22@ Florida | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-34@ SMU | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-14vs Navy | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 92 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 10-7@ East Carolina | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-38vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 60 | 211 | 2.9 | 0 | 18 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Charvis Thornton’s 2023 season.
Matches Charvis on
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kevin Daniels’s path through Eastern Illinois.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dallan Hayden's senior season at Colorado (2025).
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Differs from Dallan on
Player DNA