SI’s Andy Benoit just released his list of best players 25 and under in the NFL, and Kevin Byard was the only player on the Tennessee Titans to make the cut.
The other safeties on this list were Derwin James, Jamal Adams and Landon Collins. His analysis on Byard looked like this:
“Our top three safeties can operate anywhere on the field, putting all blitz and coverage disguises in play. All are playmakers, too. Byard is a ball hawk in deep centerfield. James and Adams are destructive near the line of scrimmage”
Benoit obviously knows that Byard can do everything whether in run defense or in coverage, otherwise he wouldn’t have had the former MTSU stand out on the top of his list.