New England Patriots · FS (DB) · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Middle Tennessee (2016 Round 3, Pick 64)
Kevin Byard
60.6
Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #78 of 218 qualified DBs
- Combined tackles
- 4020 solo · 20 ast
- Sacks & QB hits
- 01 QB hits
- Tackles for loss
- 00 forced fumbles
- Coverage
- 3 PD · 1 INTPasses defended & picks
- Defensive snaps
- 48060.0 snaps/G
- Team def. EPA / play
- +0.023Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?
Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown
Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 218 qualified DBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean
72thpercentile
34thpercentile
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56thpercentile
79thpercentile
62thpercentile
2026 game log
Every 2026 regular-season game line for Kevin Byard. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.
| Week | Date | Matchup | Result | Tackles | Solo | Sacks | TFL | QB hits | PD | INT | Def. snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Sep 9, 2026 | @ SEA | L 10-13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Week 2 | Sep 20, 2026 | vs PIT | W 20-3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Week 3 | Sep 27, 2026 | @ JAX | L 6-35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Week 4 | Oct 4, 2026 | @ BUF | W 29-26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
| Week 5 | Oct 11, 2026 | vs LV | W 45-17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Week 6 | Oct 18, 2026 | vs NYJ | W 26-19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 |
| Week 7 | Oct 22, 2026 | @ CHI | L 24-30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Week 8 | Nov 1, 2026 | @ MIA | W 24-19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 65 |
Career NFL seasons
Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 11 seasons.
| Season | Club | G | Tackles | Solo | Ast | Sacks | TFL | QBH | PD | INT | FF | Def. snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | TEN | 16 | 58 | 44 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 656 |
| 2017 | TEN | 16 | 83 | 58 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1,085 |
| 2018 | TEN | 16 | 81 | 53 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1,043 |
| 2019 | TEN | 16 | 77 | 53 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1,099 |
| 2020 | TEN | 16 | 101 | 69 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1,102 |
| 2021 | TEN | 17 | 73 | 42 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1,057 |
| 2022 | TEN | 17 | 96 | 57 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1,139 |
| 2023 | TEN/PHI | 16 | 110 | 68 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1,118 |
| 2024 | CHI | 17 | 120 | 70 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1,056 |
| 2025 | CHI | 17 | 90 | 58 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1,071 |
| 2026 (so far) | NE | 8 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 480 |
Compare Kevin Byard with top defensive backs
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