Melvin Byrd
Melvin Glynn Byrd
Born: December 17, 1958
Hampton, VA
Position: DB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 160
College: California - Davis
Career: 1982-1987
Melvin Byrd played from 1982 to 1987 during his career with the BC Lions. Byrd intercepted 24 passes for 580 yards in his career.
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Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
1983 | CFL BC Lions | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 20 | 0 |
1984 | CFL BC Lions | 16 | 151 | 9.4 | 66 | 0 |
1987 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 272 | 10.1 | 66 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | CFL BC Lions | 24 | 551 | 23.0 | 49 | 0 |
1987 | CFL BC Lions | 32 | 822 | 25.7 | 65 | 0 |
Totals | 56 | 1373 | 24.5 | 65 | 0 |
Missed Field Goal Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 45 | 0 |
1987 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 107 | 1 |
1984 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 115 | 1 |
1985 | CFL BC Lions | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 24 | 0 |
1986 | CFL BC Lions | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 56 | 2 |
1987 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 97 | 24.2 | 43 | 1 |
Totals | 24 | 580 | 24.2 | 115 | 5 |
Sacks:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | CFL BC Lions | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1985 | CFL BC Lions | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1986 | CFL BC Lions | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1987 | CFL BC Lions | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||||
1987 | CFL BC Lions | 42 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1983 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1984 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1986 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
1987 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | CFL | BC Lions | 2 | |
1983 | CFL | BC Lions | 15 | |
1984 | CFL | BC Lions | 16 | |
1985 | CFL | BC Lions | 14 | |
1986 | CFL | BC Lions | 18 | |
1987 | CFL | BC Lions | 17 |
Honors
1985 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1987 - CFL CFL West All-Star