Damiere Byrd WR, South Carolina to Panthers

[FootballMaestro]

Let's hope he works and makes the team.

 

Being a specialist on kick/punt return, a gunner, and/or occasional receiver threat to stretch the defense (or an open threat for big yards), could be a good thing if Funchess's the real deal.

[gettlemanjack]

[gettlemanjack]

sounds like a high character guy

David Cloninger @ DCTheState

Apr 20

Damiere Byrd won the Brad Davis Community Service Award at

the Gamecock Gala.

Gamecock Athletics @ GamecocksOnline

Apr 20

Our 2015 SEC Male Brad E. Davis Outstanding Community

Service Scholarship Winner is Damiere Byrd !

[the butch]

Kick return man?

[heel31ok]

looks like the only route he is used on is the deep

 

that was the only route they needed against us, he is quick and we need some speed so if he can catch it, good.

 

[gettlemanjack]

One thing to keep mind is the beautifully-manicured grass field at SC's Pro Day provided a fast track that probably artificially the 40 times. RB Mike Davis, for ex, ran a 4.61 at the combine, and did this at the SC Pro Day:

Tim Hill @ TimABCColumbia

Apr 1

Fast track at Williams-Brice. Pro Day. 40 times: Damiere Byrd

4.25 Mike Davis 4.38 #Unofficial

That's what sucks about Pro Days is they are run under different conditions, whereas at the Combine, everyone runs under the same conditions. Which is why Pro Day numbers are meaningless to a lot of people. On top of that the SC Pro Day was hand-timed by a handful of scouts that all had different times. Still, you see Byrd running by SEC defenders in his games, but a lot of those guys won't make the NFL.

[gettlemanjack]

this sounds like fun:

WIS News 10 @ wis10

Dec 27

The ball goes to Damiere Byrd on the sweep. First down

Carolina.

[gettlemanjack]

[gettlemanjack]

David Caraviello @ dcaraviello

Nov 1

Either Damiere Byrd ran the wrong route, or that pick out of his

end zone was off one of the worst reads Thompson has made

this year.

[gettlemanjack]

Josh Kendall @ JoshatTheState

Oct 18

Damiere Byrd fumble gives Paladins the ball at midfield.

WIS News 10 @ wis10

Oct 18

Screen pass to Damiere Byrd is fumbled and recovered by

Furman. Paladins will take over at their own 47 yard line.

[gettlemanjack]

Josh Kendall @ JoshatTheState

Sep 27

Damiere Byrd is not on the kickoff coverage team this week.

[uscgamecocks]

One thing to keep mind is the beautifully-manicured grass field at SC's Pro Day provided a fast track that probably artificially the 40 times. RB Mike Davis, for ex, ran a 4.61 at the combine, and did this at the SC Pro Day:

Tim Hill @ TimABCColumbia

Apr 1

Fast track at Williams-Brice. Pro Day. 40 times: Damiere Byrd

4.25 Mike Davis 4.38 #Unofficial

That's what sucks about Pro Days is they are run under different conditions, whereas at the Combine, everyone runs under the same conditions. Which is why Pro Day numbers are meaningless to a lot of people. On top of that the SC Pro Day was hand-timed by a handful of scouts that all had different times. Still, you see Byrd running by SEC defenders in his games, but a lot of those guys won't make the NFL.

Byrd's speed is legitimate.

Found on Reddit:

No surprise there. Damiere Byrd was the HS national indoor champion in the 60m and a state champion in the 100m as a HS track sprinter. Kind of wish he would've done track in college as he could've potentially challenged for an NCAA championship. However, like a lot of former football players/track standouts he prioritized football over track.

To put into perspective how fast he is. As a senior Byrd beat Marvin Bracy in the 60m at the 2011 Brooks Invitational. Presently, Marvin Bracy is one of the youngest professional track sprinters in the world and last year placed 2nd at the IAAF World Championships in the 60m and 1st at the US Indoor Championships. Marvin Bracy is one of the top 10 fastest sprinters in the US and Damiere Byrd was faster than him at one point.

[gettlemanjack]

USTFCCCA @ USTFCCCA

Sep 13

CBS gives props to @GamecockTrack team captain and dual-

sporter Damiere Byrd during football broadcast.

[PiratePanther189]

Answer me this Cock fans: How is he out of the backfield? I can see from his stats Spurrier handed the ball off to him 22 times...is he an NFL option as a scatback?