Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 1, Pk 10
- College
- Ohio State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 1, Pk 10
- College
- Ohio State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 189
- CAR
- 865
- YDS
- 3,109
- AVG
- 3.6
- TD
- 23
- LNG
- 77
- FD
- 65
- FUM
- 2
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CAR, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 50+ CAR; AVG: 4+ games, 100+ CAR; LNG, FD: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  PHI | 16 | 177 | 577 | 3.3 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 10 | 116 | 426 | 3.7 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 16 | 152 | 517 | 3.4 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI | 16 | 133 | 452 | 3.4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | 16 | 37 | 141 | 3.8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | PHI | 16 | 94 | 383 | 4.1 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | PHI | 15 | 41 | 176 | 4.3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 |
| 1993 | MIA | 16 | 64 | 269 | 4.2 | 3 | 77 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | MIA | 9 | 19 | 64 | 3.4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | MIA | 16 | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 |  MIA/NE | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | NE | 16 | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1998 | NYJ | 13 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- CAR
- 14
- YDS
- 65
- AVG
- 4.6
- TD
- 0
- LNG
- 13
- FD
- 1
- FUM
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 189
- CAR
- 4.6
- YDS
- 16.4
- AVG
- 3.6
- TD
- 0.1
- LNG
- 77
- FD
- 0.3
- FUM
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PHI | 16 | 11.1 | 36.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 10 | 11.6 | 42.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 16 | 9.5 | 32.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI | 16 | 8.3 | 28.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | 16 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | PHI | 16 | 5.9 | 23.9 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 28 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 1992 | PHI | 15 | 2.7 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | MIA | 16 | 4 | 16.8 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 77 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 1994 | MIA | 9 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 1995 | MIA | 16 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 1996 | MIA/NE | 10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | NE | 16 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | NYJ | 13 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | 0.2 | 0 |
What were Keith Byars's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for Keith Byars covers 13 seasons with the Eagles, the Dolphins, the Patriots and the Jets; its career totals count every season. He had 865 carries for 3,109 yards, 610 catches for 5,661 yards and scored 54 touchdowns. His best season was 1986: 577 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown and 3.3 yards per carry.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 8 postseasons, 1986 to 1998
All-time career rank
- 201st in rushing yards (3,109)
- 194th in rushing touchdowns (23)
Among the 2,691 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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