Kevin Byard III

lifecycle: veteran — 11 NFL regular-season line(s) 2016–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

1. 2026 · NE · FS · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

• Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$7,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$9,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2027 · UFAOver 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)

1. 2026 · NE · FS · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2. 2025 · CHI · FS · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved58 solo tkl · 3 ast · 0 sk · 7 INT · 8 PD · 0 FF
3. 2024 · CHI · FS · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved70 solo tkl · 10 ast · 2 sk · 1 INT · 7 PD · 1 FF
4. 2023 · PHI · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved68 solo tkl · 12 ast · 0 sk · 1 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
5. 2022 · TEN · FS · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved57 solo tkl · 12 ast · 0 sk · 4 INT · 6 PD · 0 FF
6. 2021 · TEN · FS · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved42 solo tkl · 15 ast · 1 sk · 5 INT · 13 PD · 2 FF
7. 2020 · TEN · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved69 solo tkl · 10 ast · 0 sk · 1 INT · 7 PD · 1 FF
8. 2019 · TEN · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved53 solo tkl · 7 ast · 0 sk · 5 INT · 9 PD · 0 FF
9. 2018 · TEN · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved53 solo tkl · 9 ast · 2 sk · 4 INT · 8 PD · 0 FF
10. 2017 · TEN · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved58 solo tkl · 4 ast · 0 sk · 8 INT · 16 PD · 0 FF
11. 2016 · TEN · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved44 solo tkl · 1 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 4 PD · 0 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · IND at NEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · PHI at NEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-27 · NE at CLEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
• Week 1 · 2026-09-09 · NE at SEAStarted. · 5 tackles (2-3)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-09

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

Not joined yet · no CFBD season row joined for this id and no probe recorded (college/years.json: 1930 of 2290 people matched) Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)

2016 · round 3 · pick 64 · TEN · Middle Tenn. St.

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id ByarKe01: 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

Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name 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) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

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)

• 2026-03-12 · NESigned S Mike Brown as an unrestricted free agent from Tennessee, S Kevin Byard III as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago, WR Romeo Doubs as an unrestricted free agent from the Green Bay Packers, FB Reggie Gilliam a

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

3× Pro Bowl · 3× All-Pro · 9 seasons started · career through 2026

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present