Kevin Byard stats
PatriotsBio
- Age
- 33 yearsAug 17, 1993
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 212 lbs
Kevin Byard recorded 43 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 9 games of 2026 for the New England Patriots. Last game: .
Stats
Totals
- GP
- 9
- TOT
- 43
- SOLO
- 23
- AST
- 20
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 3
- FF
- 0
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | TEN | 16 | 58 | 44 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | TEN | 16 | 87 | 62 | 25 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | TEN | 16 | 90 | 62 | 28 | 2.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | TEN | 16 | 84 | 60 | 24 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | TEN | 16 | 111 | 79 | 32 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | TEN | 17 | 88 | 57 | 31 | 1.0 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | TEN | 17 | 108 | 69 | 39 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 |  TEN/PHI | 16 | 122 | 80 | 42 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | CHI | 17 | 130 | 80 | 50 | 2.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | CHI | 17 | 93 | 61 | 32 | 0.0 | 7, led the NFL | 8 | 0 |
| 2026 | NE | 9 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.
Career regular season
- GP
- 173
- TOT
- 1,014
- SOLO
- 677
- AST
- 337
- SACK
- 6.0
- INT
- 37
- PD
- 84
- FF
- 4
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- TOT
- 59
- SOLO
- 45
- AST
- 14
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 2
- FF
- 0
Per game
- GP
- 9
- TOT
- 4.8
- SOLO
- 2.6
- AST
- 2.2
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.1
- PD
- 0.3
- FF
- 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. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | TEN | 16 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | TEN | 16 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | TEN | 16 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | TEN | 16 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | TEN | 16 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | TEN | 17 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | TEN | 17 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | TEN/PHI | 16 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | CHI | 17 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | CHI | 17 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2026 | NE | 9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career regular season, Per game
- GP
- 173
- TOT
- 5.9
- SOLO
- 3.9
- AST
- 1.9
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.2
- PD
- 0.5
- FF
- 0.0
Fantasy
Titans- GP
- 16
- PPR
- 2.1
- HALF
- 1.6
- STD
- 1.1
- PPG
- 0.1
Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.
Career regular season
- GP
- 32
- PPR
- 8.7
- HALF
- 8.2
- STD
- 7.7
- PPG
- 0.3
Bio
- Age
- 33 yearsAug 17, 1993
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 212 lbs
- Experience
- 11 yearsDebut 2016
- Birthplace
- Lithonia, GA
- Draft
- 2016Rd 3, Pk 64
- College
- Middle Tennessee
- Salary
- $7 million2026
Against other safeties
2026 regular season, 124 NFL safeties with 6+ games.
- Tackles43
Higher than 73% of the other 123 NFL safeties.
- Passes Defended3
Higher than 66% of the other 123 NFL safeties.
- Solo Tackles23
Higher than 68% of the other 123 NFL safeties.
Latest performance
Kevin Byard
Nov 08 · vs GB · L 45-27
- TOT
- 3
- SOLO
- 3
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Snap counts, 2026
96% of his club's defensive snaps a game (541 in 9 games); 92% in week 9.
| Wk | Opp | Snaps | Snap % | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEA | 50 | 100% | 0 |
| 2 | PIT | 70 | 100% | 0 |
| 3 | JAX | 59 | 95% | 0 |
| 4 | BUF | 59 | 100% | 0 |
| 5 | LV | 50 | 83% | 1 |
| 6 | NYJ | 62 | 100% | 1 |
| 7 | CHI | 65 | 94% | 0 |
| 8 | MIA | 65 | 100% | 1 |
| 9 | GB | 61 | 92% | 0 |
Injury history
Kevin Byard has been on the NFL’s game-status report 2 weeks since 2026.
| Season | Out | D / Q | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | Chest |
From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.
Games
All gamesNext
at DETSun, Nov 15
vs DET since 2016
- 6
- GP
- 42
- TOT
- 22
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 2
- INT
| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Nov 08 | vs GBL 45-27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 01 | at MIAW 24-19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | at CHIL 30-24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | vs NYJW 26-19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | vs LVW 45-17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 04 | at BUFW 29-26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What are Kevin Byard's career stats?
Kevin Byard has played 11 seasons for the Titans, the Bears and the Patriots. He has recorded 1,014 tackles, 6 sacks and 37 interceptions. His best season so far is 2024: 130 tackles and 2.0 sacks.
Best single games
- Tackles: 14 @ GB on Jan 5, 2025, W 24-22
- Sacks: 1 vs GB on Nov 13, 2016, W 47-25
Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2016.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 6 postseasons, 2016 to 2026
All-time career rank
- 56th in tackles (1,014)
Among the 9,791 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Kevin Byard college stats
Kevin Byard played 4 seasons at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2012 to 2015): 313 tackles, 0 sacks and 19 interceptions.
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College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.
More on Kevin Byard
Playoff games
Kevin Byard played 10 games across 6 NFL postseasons — 4 won, 6 lost.
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | GB | W 31-27 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2025 |  LAR | L 20-17 OT | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 |  TB | L 32-9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 |  CIN | L 19-16 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2020 |  BAL | L 20-13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2019 |  NE | W 20-13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | BAL | W 28-12 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2019 |  KC | L 35-24 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | KC | W 22-21 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | NE | L 35-14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Kevin Byard against each club
- vs Indianapolis Colts (16)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (16)
- vs Houston Texans (15)
- vs Green Bay Packers (9)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (7)
- vs Buffalo Bills (7)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (7)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (6)
- vs Cleveland Browns (6)
- vs Detroit Lions (6)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (6)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (6)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (5)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (5)
- vs Miami Dolphins (5)
- vs New England Patriots (5)
- vs New York Giants (5)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (5)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (5)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (5)
- vs Washington Commanders (5)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (4)
- vs Denver Broncos (4)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (4)
- vs New Orleans Saints (4)
- vs Chicago Bears (3)
- vs New York Jets (3)
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (3)
- vs Carolina Panthers (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2)
- vs Atlanta Falcons (1)
- vs Tennessee Titans (1)
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- Justin SimmonsAlike in Sacks, Passes defended, Solo tackles68out of 100 on profile similarity
- Xavier McKinneyGBAlike in Tackles, Solo tackles, Passes defended63out of 100 on profile similarity
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- Eric WeddleAlike in Tackles, Passes defended, Sacks59out of 100 on profile similarity
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