Player Dossier

2013-2017

Kent State

Jontey Byrd

DT • 5'10" • 289 lbs • Daytona Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jontey Byrd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.1

Efficiency

6.3

Consistency

100

Season Value

35.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jontey Byrd, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season · Kent State. Jontey Byrd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Jontey Byrd played DT for Kent State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jontey Byrd recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

Kent State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Louisville

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 0. Unknown: 0. Marshall: 0. Louisville: 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. Clemson: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Losses0 · Games = 3
First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half
All Games0 · Games = 4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Louisville

Result
Sat 9/23@ LouisvilleL 3-4220000
Sat 9/16@ MarshallL 0-2110000
Sat 9/9vs Unknown10000
Sat 9/2@ ClemsonL 3-5621000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Kent State

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonKent State0
2014 Regular SeasonKent State1201
2015 Regular SeasonKent State0-1
2016 Regular SeasonKent State0.56.52.40.5
2017 Regular SeasonKent State06.31.1-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Virginia

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

Buffalo

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 23.7 takeover score.

#3

Louisville

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

#4

Clemson

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

#5

Ohio

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2014 Regular Season · Kent State

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

44.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · Kent State

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Kent State

6.1

0.5 primary · 6.5 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7333

Mainland · Daytona Beach, FL

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

11

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 9 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.