Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2015New Mexico
Markel Byrd
S • 5'11" • San Diego, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Markel Byrd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · New Mexico
131415
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Markel Byrd built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a safety from San Diego, CA wearing No. 22, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Markel Byrd's career was his defensive production: 4...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Markel Byrd, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · New Mexico. Markel Byrd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Markel Byrd quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Horizon · New Mexico
- High school pipeline
- Horizon · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | New Mexico | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | New Mexico | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Markel Byrd is listed as a S for New Mexico. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Boise State
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Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 1. New Mexico State: 1. Boise State: 1
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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Boise State
Best efficiency game
20 vs Boise State
Player Story
Markel Byrd story
Markel Byrd built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a safety from San Diego, CA wearing No. 22, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Markel Byrd's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Markel Byrd's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
New Mexico
2013-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201320142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | New Mexico | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | New Mexico | 1 | 10 | — | 1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico | 3 | 20 | — | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 6 · W 21-9
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Boise State
Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 5 · W 38-29
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Wyoming
Week 4 · W 38-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ New Mexico State
Week 4 · W 38-35
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · New Mexico
3 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2014 Regular Season · New Mexico
31.1
1 primary · 10 efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · New Mexico
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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