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
Stats
Totals
Patriots- GP
- 2
- TOT
- 9
- SOLO
- 4
- AST
- 5
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- 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 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026 | NE | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career regular season
- GP
- 166
- TOT
- 980
- SOLO
- 658
- AST
- 322
- SACK
- 6.0
- INT
- 36
- PD
- 81
- FF
- 4
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- TOT
- 59
- SOLO
- 45
- AST
- 14
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 2
- FF
- 0
Per game
- GP
- 2
- TOT
- 4.5
- SOLO
- 2
- AST
- 2.5
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- 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 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2017 | TEN | 16 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | TEN | 16 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | TEN | 16 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 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 |
| 2023 | TEN/PHI | 16 | 7.6 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 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 |
| 2026 | NE | 2 | 4.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career regular season, Per game
- GP
- 166
- TOT
- 5.9
- SOLO
- 4.0
- AST
- 1.9
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.2
- PD
- 0.5
- FF
- 0.0
Latest performance
Kevin Byard
Sep 20 · vs PIT · W 20-3
- TOT
- 4
- SOLO
- 2
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All gamesNext
at JAXSun, Sep 27
vs JAX since 2021
- 5
- GP
- 31
- TOT
- 20
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 1
- INT
| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 20 | vs PITW 20-3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 09 | at SEAL 13-10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 18 | vs LARL 20-17 OT | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Jan 10 | vs GBW 31-27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 04 | vs DETL 19-16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun, Dec 28 | at SFL 42-38 | 2 | 0 | 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 980 tackles, 6 sacks and 36 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
- 58th in tackles (980)
Among the 9,029 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Kevin Byard
Playoff games
Kevin Byard played 4 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 3 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 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Kevin Byard against each club
- vs Green Bay Packers (6)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (6)
- vs Houston Texans (5)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (5)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (4)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (4)
- vs Detroit Lions (4)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (4)
- vs New York Giants (4)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (4)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (4)
- vs Washington Commanders (4)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (3)
- vs Buffalo Bills (3)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (3)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (3)
- vs New Orleans Saints (3)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (3)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (2)
- vs Cleveland Browns (2)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (2)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (2)
- vs New England Patriots (2)
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (2)
- vs Carolina Panthers (1)
- vs Denver Broncos (1)
- vs Miami Dolphins (1)
- vs New York Jets (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)
- vs Tennessee Titans (1)
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