UDFA Damiere Byrd - WR - South Carolina

[The Huddler]

Because we have yet to find out if he is a better player.

Hence the, way too earky comment

[IamSoClutch]

He ran a 4.28 on grass (I know that's been beaten to death).

Ginn ran a 4.28

Brown ran a 4.51 at the combine.

Yea people need to chill on philly brown being faster than ginn. Funchess could beat him in a foot race

[PantherWake]

WOOO GAMECOCKS

[therealmjl]

I've followed this kid at USC. He is a burner with lapses in concentration and extremely suspect hands. Would shock me if he made the team/PS.

[Byrdman4real]

Make room for ByrdMan

KB

Funchess

Ginn

Brown

Byrd

Cotchery or Hill

[Frank Hollywood]

Make room for ByrdMan

KB

Funchess

Ginn

Brown

Byrd

Cotchery or Hill

I gotta think Boykin makes the 53.

[Proudiddy]

I hope he takes cotchery or bersin's spot

[Frank Hollywood]

I hope he takes cotchery or bersin's spot

Dunno which. Cotchery is on the decline but at least he has veteran presence.

[Ricky Spanish]

As a Gamecock season ticket holder, I can tell you he doesn't have good hands in a game in any kind of traffic. Wide open? Yes he will catch those.

 

So he's the anti-Benjamin?

[uscgamecocks]

As an avid gamecock fan, I'm rooting for him but I think his best bet would be practice squad this year. His hands have improved throughout his career (he had lasik last offseason to correct his vision) but are by no means perfect - as someone else mentioned, better on the deep ball than on contested catches. By all accounts he is a hard worker and a smart kid. And his speed is completetly legitimate - he really is as fast as he was timed.

But he did not demonstrate much route diversity at USC. He obviously isn't going to give you much as a blocker. He is not a punt returner despite his speed and he only returned 3 kicks at USC, so he doesn't have much experience there either.

Where he could help us out early is as a gunner on punt coverage. He was also great at USC in kick coverage, acting as a safety valve and preventing multiple TDs.

His beat chance to carve out a career would be to make the PS and learn how to be a more complete receiver in the NFL. If he can run the whole route tree then he could actually threaten defenses with his speed. And obviously I think he could be a contributor on special teams as well.

[L-TownCat]

In that first pic, are they salsa dancing?

[Jeremy Igo]

Byrd had the most impressive play of rookie camp so far. More on that later.

[SCMunnerlyn1]

Dont you know about the byrd.. well zod is gonna tell us about the byrd. He will make at least the practice squad based off the song alone. Bank on it

[heel31ok]

My point is, why not him instead of philly?

I know its early.. bit philly is small and quick.. but not likr Byrd

 

I don't think you can make that call after one day. Philly has shown he can make some plays so we need to at least get into pre season games to see what he has.