Player file
Solomon Byrd
EDG Edge Defender · USC · #50 · PRO
6' 3" · 250 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 1999-12-01 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
HOU · ir
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2024–2024 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0039427 (seasonal record, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank exists (asOf 2026-09-20)
Inspect
no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0039427 (seasonal well, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank existsInspect season and contract figures
Last season line
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
2026Signed through
APY $1,005,000 · cap hit $540,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$1,005,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$540,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · ERFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2024 · HOU · DE · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · LAC at HOUStarted. · 5 tackles (3-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-20 · LV at HOU1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · HOU at CARStarted. · 4 tackles (2-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13as of 2026-08-28College by year
- 2023 · USC · defensive44 tkl · 4.5 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2022 · USC · defensive27 tkl · 4 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Wyoming · defensive37 tkl · 3.5 sackHC Craig BohlCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Wyoming · defensive45 tkl · 6.5 sackHC Craig BohlCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Wyoming · defensive5 tkl · 0 sackHC Craig BohlCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id ByrdSo00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
Injuries
- 2026-01-20 → 2026-03-11 · HOU · FUTURES · ended: league-year-lapseSigned DE Solomon Byrd, C Eli Cox, WR Josh Kelly, TE Luke Lachey, S Kaevon Merriweather, G Sidy Sow, DT Junior Tafuna, LB Xavier Thomas and WR Jared Wayne to Reserve/Future contracts.HOU transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
- 2026-08-30 · HOU · Waived/injuredWaived, injured DE Solomon Byrd and DT Kyonte Hamilton.HOU transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
- 2026-08-30 · HOUWaived, injured DE Solomon Byrd and DT Kyonte Hamilton.
- 2026-01-20 · HOUSigned DE Solomon Byrd, C Eli Cox, WR Josh Kelly, TE Luke Lachey, S Kaevon Merriweather, G Sidy Sow, DT Junior Tafuna, LB Xavier Thomas and WR Jared Wayne to Reserve/Future contracts.
window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19
filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2024
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present