Damiere Byrd
| No. 18 Carolina Panthers | |||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth: | January 27, 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth: | Erial, New Jersey | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| College: | South Carolina | ||
| Undrafted: | 2015 | ||
| Career history | |||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
| Roster status: | Active | ||
| Career NFL statistics | |||
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Damiere Byrd (born January 27, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of South Carolina for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
College
Byrd played wide receiver for the South Carolina Gamecocks as a true freshman in 2011. After his senior season in 2014, Byrd had amassed 1265 yards on 68 receptions (18.6 yards/catch) with 10 touchdowns.
Byrd was considered the fastest player on the team while at South Carolina and also competed for the South Carolina track team as well.
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 9 1/8 in | 173 lb | 4.28 s | 42 in | 10 ft 11 in | |||||||||||||||
| All values from Pro Day, | |||||||||||||||||||
On the South Carolina Pro Day, Byrd only ran the 40 yard dash once, since his left calf muscle tightened up on him. Byrd, having a track & field background was able to put up impress numbers, and did the short shuttle in 4.03 seconds, the three-cone in 6.6 seconds and the 60-yard long shuttle in 10.90 seconds. This time is incredible and in fact was faster than any other time posted at the 2015 scouting combine. [2]
Carolina Panthers
On May 8, 2015, Byrd was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Carolina Panthers. On September 5, 2015, he was released by the Panthers.[3] On September 7, 2015, Byrd was signed to the Panthers' practice squad.[4]
References
- ↑ Fox Sports. "Damiere Byrd". foxsports.com.
- ↑ Gil Brandt. "Damiere Byrd of South Carolina runs 4.28 40 on grass". NFL.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ Henson, Max (September 5, 2015). "Panthers trim roster to 53". Panthers.com. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ↑ "WR Bersin among 10 set to join practice squad". Panthers.com. September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.