CB DeAndre Byrd

[Danimal]

Player: DeAndre Byrd

Hometown: Tallahassee, FL

Position: CB

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 170 lbs.

40 time: 4.5

Visit Date:

Scholarships offered: Nebraska, Arkansas, Michigan State, South Carolina, Wisconsin

Favorites: Nebraska

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: :star

Big Red Report: :star

 

Assessing the talent: per BRR--Talented cornerback prospect who finished his junior season with 40 tackles, 9 pass breakups, four interceptions, and one defensive touchdown.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 100% N

[zoogs]

ESPN evaluation

 

Woah...this was out of the blue.

 

Grade: 79 Byrd is an impressive cornerback prospect on film and may possesses some of the better upside in this defensive back class. Very long, rangy body and actually looks a lot taller than his listed measurable on film...Very smooth DB, despite his elongated lower-body and tendency to play high. ...transitions very quickly breaking/exploding on underneath routes...Adjusts to ball well when it's in the air and is just a savvy corner. Understands the concept of zone defenses... Difficult to throw the jump ball on with his height, long wingspan, good leaping and ball skills...Displays the foot-quickness and hips to tightly mirror a WR's stem in off or catch-man technique...

 

However, he is better playing the ball in front of him than opening to turn and run on vertical routes. Has good speed not great... Stiffness and elongated lower-body can hinder transitional quickness and stop-start skill when trying to shadow receivers in and out of their breaks... Shows some aggressiveness and is feisty supporting the run but lacks the strength and power right now to set the edge, tackle strongly and press bigger receivers...

 

Body still has much physical developing to do and is a kid who should only get better with the added size and strength he will get in a fulltime college weight-training program.Exciting prospect.

[zoogs]

Who was recruiting him? This is a great get.

 

Welcome DeAndre! Please qualify

[husker rob]

lets not get to excited to fast here.......on scout he is listed as a 2* with no offers from anyone.

 

not saying that scout is correct but no offers, can they really be that far behind

[manning87]

lets not get to excited to fast here.......on scout he is listed as a 2* with no offers from anyone.

 

not saying that scout is correct but no offers, can they really be that far behind

 

 

well on scout those are just the schools of interest. no matter what the recruiting sites say this is a good pick up for the class of 09. he knows hes gonna get some playing time. weve never really had a set corner except two or three in the past few years. based on his tape he is a good player and has room to improve.

[jakokid]

wow that is random but amazing

 

welcome deandre

[Husker_x]

Rivals said he had 21 offers, including Colorado, Wisconsin, Mich State, South Florida, etc. Good pickup for Pelini. We've been needing some defensive guys.

 

A few stats:

 

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 170

Forty time: 4.5

[zoogs]

Rivals article says he had twenty-one offers.

 

http://nebraska.rivals.com/viewprospect.as...798&sport=1

 

Maybe I get too excited about the ESPN eval's, but I think of them as a pretty reliable source. When they give him a 79, that sounds to me like a solid, solid prospect.

[Danimal]

Rivals article says he had twenty-one offers.

 

http://nebraska.rivals.com/viewprospect.as...798&sport=1

 

Maybe I get too excited about the ESPN eval's, but I think of them as a pretty reliable source. When they give him a 79, that sounds to me like a solid, solid prospect.

 

I've read a good amount of these too, 79 is a good score.

 

Kid is supposed to be tailor-made for Bo and Marv, aggressive as hell.

[chamrocck]

Nice pick-up. Welcome, DeAndre! IMO we need some CB's so great to see a solid recruit here.

 

[huskerguy]

although he's only a 3*, with a list of offers like that he definatly is catching coaches eyes which is much more important than some analysts...

 

Also good to get some of that FL speed back in the program. Hopefully he's as good as the last CB we got from FL

[zoogs]

Who was that, huskerguy?

 

(edit) Supposedly this was all Bo. And he made up his mind without even holding an offer.

[huskerjack23]

ESPN evaluation

 

Woah...this was out of the blue.

 

Grade: 79 Byrd is an impressive cornerback prospect on film and may possesses some of the better upside in this defensive back class. Very long, rangy body and actually looks a lot taller than his listed measurable on film...Very smooth DB, despite his elongated lower-body and tendency to play high. ...transitions very quickly breaking/exploding on underneath routes...Adjusts to ball well when it's in the air and is just a savvy corner. Understands the concept of zone defenses... Difficult to throw the jump ball on with his height, long wingspan, good leaping and ball skills...Displays the foot-quickness and hips to tightly mirror a WR's stem in off or catch-man technique...

 

However, he is better playing the ball in front of him than opening to turn and run on vertical routes. Has good speed not great... Stiffness and elongated lower-body can hinder transitional quickness and stop-start skill when trying to shadow receivers in and out of their breaks... Shows some aggressiveness and is feisty supporting the run but lacks the strength and power right now to set the edge, tackle strongly and press bigger receivers...

 

Body still has much physical developing to do and is a kid who should only get better with the added size and strength he will get in a fulltime college weight-training program.Exciting prospect.

Sounds like he picked the right school then.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Great pick-up!!!!

[Huskerballz]

Nice. I didn't even know he was on our radar. Good get. Should be great for us.