Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Missouri
Akial Byers
DL • 6'3" • 288 lbs • Fayetteville, AR, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Akial Byers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Missouri
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Missouri
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Akial Byers built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Fayetteville, AR, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Akial Byers' career was his defensive production: 78...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Akial Byers, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Missouri. Akial Byers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Akial Byers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri · DL
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Missouri
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Fayetteville · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Fayetteville · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DL 288th (top 31%) · SEC 200th (top 31%) · National 1,840th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 8.9 |
| 2018 Postseason | Missouri | 9 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Missouri | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Missouri | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 46.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 9 | 22 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 41.7 |
Related Context
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Akial Byers played DL for Missouri. Across 5 tracked seasons, Akial Byers recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Missouri.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Missouri paired 5.5 primary output with 13 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Missouri
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
12.8
Usage
3.8
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Kentucky: 0.5. Florida: 1. South Carolina: 1.5. Vanderbilt: 0. Arkansas: 1. Georgia: 0. Mississippi State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 2 by 13.3. Florida: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 5 by 35.8. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
35.8 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | @ Mississippi State | L 32-51 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | vs Georgia | L 14-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Arkansas | W 50-48 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | vs Vanderbilt | W 41-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | @ South Carolina | W 17-10 | 5 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Florida | L 17-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Kentucky | W 20-10 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Alabama | L 19-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Akial Byers story
Akial Byers built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Fayetteville, AR, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Akial Byers' career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Akial Byers' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Missouri
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Missouri | 1 | 5.6 | 0.6 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Missouri | 4 | 13.7 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 13.7 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Missouri | 5.5 | 13 | 6.1 | 1.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 12.8 | 3.8 | -1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 6 | 16.9 | 4.2 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Carolina
Week 11 · W 31-28 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
78 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78 takeover score.
#2
@ Vanderbilt
Week 8 · L 14-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#3
@ South Carolina
Week 12 · W 17-10 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
70.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Florida
Week 10 · W 38-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Wyoming
Week 1 · L 31-37
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Missouri
5.5 primary output · 13 efficiency · 6.1 usage
46.8
#2
2021 Regular Season · Missouri
41.7
6 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 4.2 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Missouri
36.1
4 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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