Player Dossier

2014-2017

Old Dominion

Christian Byrum

S • 6'1" • 182 lbs • Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Byrum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

22

Developing production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

35

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Old Dominion

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Old Dominion
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Christian Byrum built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a safety from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 3, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Christian Byrum's career was his defensive...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8117

Tallwood · Virginia Beach, VA

Committed To
Old Dominion
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Christian Byrum, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Christian Byrum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
25
TFL
0.5

Quick Answers

Christian Byrum quick answers

Latest team and position
Old Dominion · S
Career Tackles
25
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2014 Regular Season · Old Dominion
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
3-star · Tallwood · Old Dominion
High school pipeline
Tallwood · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
13 tackles · S 243rd (top 58%) · Conference USA 276th (top 45%) · National 2,426th (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonOld Dominion10-0--080
2015 Regular SeasonOld Dominion00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonOld Dominion311-0--045
2016 Regular SeasonOld Dominion31-0--045
2017 Regular SeasonOld Dominion5130.50--015.3

Related Context

Christian Byrum played S for Old Dominion. Across 4 tracked seasons, Christian Byrum recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Old Dominion.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

Old Dominion paired 2 primary output with 40 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Old Dominion

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

11.8

Usage

2.1

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

North Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0.5. Virginia Tech: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Rice: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 6 by 30. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Carolina

Best efficiency game

30 vs North Carolina

Result
Sat 11/25@ Middle TennesseeL 10-4111000
Sat 11/18vs RiceW 24-2110000
Sat 10/7vs Florida AtlanticL 28-5821000
Sat 9/23@ Virginia TechL 0-3830000
Sat 9/16vs North CarolinaL 23-53640.5000

Player Story

Christian Byrum story

Christian Byrum built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a safety from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 3, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Christian Byrum's career was his defensive production: 25 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 2 interceptions across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Christian Byrum's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Old Dominion

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonOld Dominion240
2015 Regular SeasonOld Dominion0-2
2016 PostseasonOld Dominion016.72.20
2016 Regular SeasonOld Dominion016.72.20
2017 Regular SeasonOld Dominion0.511.82.10.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Marshall

Week 6 · L 14-56 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

vs North Carolina

Week 3 · L 23-53

0.5

Havoc Plays

45.6 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 1 · W 24-20 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

32.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 32.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Virginia Tech

Week 4 · L 0-38

0

Havoc Plays

8.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 6 · L 28-58 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

5.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Regular Season · Old Dominion

2 primary output · 40 efficiency · usage

80

#2

2016 Postseason · Old Dominion

45

0 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Old Dominion

45

0 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games