| Profile | |||||||||
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | December 9, 1994 Albany, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Albany | ||||||||
| College | Marshall | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2017: undrafted | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Emanuel Augustus Byrd (born December 9, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd, and was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
Byrd played quarterback and tight end for Georgia Military College in 2013 and 2014. [1] He transferred to attended Marshall University, where he played tight end on the Marshall Thundering Herd football team in 2015 and 2016. [2]
| Marshall Thundering Herd | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | Receiving | ||||||
| Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||||
| 2015 | 10 | 19 | 214 | 11.3 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 11 | 26 | 242 | 9.3 | 37 | 3 | ||
| Total | 21 | 45 | 456 | 10.1 | 41 | 4 | ||
| Source: HerdZone.com Archived December 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine | ||||||||
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 2+1⁄8 | 239 lb (108 kg) | 4.66 s | 1.58 s | 2.62 s | 4.51 s | 7.37 s | 33+5⁄8 | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 20 reps | |||
| All values are from Pro Day [3] | ||||||||||||
After going undrafted in the 2017 NFL draft, Byrd signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on May 9, 2017. [4] On July 31, 2017, he was waived by the Chiefs. [5]
On August 5, 2017, Byrd signed with the Green Bay Packers. [6] He was waived by the Packers on September 2, 2017. [7] He was re-signed to the practice squad on November 3, 2017. [8] He was promoted to the active roster on December 26, 2017. [9]
On September 1, 2018, Byrd was waived by the Packers. [10]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FUM | Lost | ||||
| 2017 | GB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: NFL.com | |||||||||||||||