Player facts
- Team
New England Patriots- Position
- Safety
- Number
- 31
- Born
- Aug 17, 1993 (age 33)
- Birthplace
- Lithonia, GA, USA
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 212 lbs
- College
- Middle Tennessee
- Experience
- 11 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 990 | 663 | 327 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 424 | 11.8 | 1 | 35 | 82 | 25 | 33 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  LV | W 45-17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  BUF | W 29-26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
@  JAX | L 35-6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  PIT | W 20-3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  SEA | L 13-10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Kevin Leon Byard III (born August 17, 1993) is an American professional football safety for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft. In 2017, his second season in the NFL, Byard was selected to the Pro Bowl and was named the first-team All-Pro after co-leading the NFL in interceptions and leading the NFL in takeaways with 10 (eight interceptions and two fumble recoveries). He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023 before joining the Chicago Bears the following season. Byard led the NFL in interceptions again in 2025.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kevin Byard, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Byard was born on August 17, 1993, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After his parents divorced when he was 14, Byard moved to Atlanta, Georgia with his mother and siblings. Byard attended Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Lithonia, Georgia, where he participated in football and track.
College career
Byard played for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State University from 2012 to 2015. He was redshirted in 2011. Byard earned Honorable Mention All-Conference USA honors in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, he was named First-team All-Conference USA. Byard's 19 career interceptions are the most in school history. He graduated from Middle Tennessee in May 2015 with a degree in liberal studies.
Personal life
Byard married his girlfriend, Clarke Conner, in 2018. They had their first child, a daughter, Eliana Rose, on August 22, 2019. Their son, Kevin IV, was born on August 23, 2020.
Byard is a Christian. He is also called the "Mayor of Murfreesboro" as a nickname referencing his college town.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kevin Byard, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaKevin Byard on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Kevin Byard