Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Kent 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.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Jontey Byrd built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Daytona Beach, FL wearing No. 56, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jontey Byrd's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Jontey Byrd, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Kent State. Jontey Byrd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 11
- TFL
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Jontey Byrd quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 11
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mainland · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Mainland · 41 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 56 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DT 188th (top 74%) · Mid-American 311th (top 57%) · National 3,222nd (top 57%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kent State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
Related Context
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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.
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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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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 0. Howard: 0. Marshall: 0. Louisville: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 2 by 8.3. Howard: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 2 by 8.3
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisville
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Louisville
Player Story
Jontey Byrd story
Jontey Byrd built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Daytona Beach, FL wearing No. 56, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jontey Byrd's career was his defensive production: 11 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Jontey Byrd's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Kent State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 0.5 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia
Week 5 · L 13-45
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Buffalo
Week 6 · W 44-20 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
38.9 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Louisville
Week 4 · L 3-42
0
Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
#4
@ Clemson
Week 1 · L 3-56
0
Havoc Plays
5.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 8 · L 10-14 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
4.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Kent State
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · Kent State
38.4
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Kent State
20.6
0.5 primary · 6.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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