Nathan Arthur Byham (born June 27, 1988) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
coach and former
tight end
The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Lik ...
, who is the current tight ends coach for the
Stanford Cardinal. He played collegiate football at the
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...
. Byham was regarded as one of the best blocking
tight end
The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Lik ...
prospects for the
2010 NFL Draft.
He was drafted by the
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...
in the sixth round.
Professional career
2010 NFL Draft
Byham was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the
2010 NFL Draft with the 182nd overall pick.
References
External links
San Francisco 49ers bioTampa Bay Buccaneers bio
1988 births
Living people
American football tight ends
Players of American football from Pennsylvania
Albany Great Danes football coaches
Pittsburgh Panthers football players
San Francisco 49ers players
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
New England Patriots players
People from Franklin, Pennsylvania
Stanford Cardinal football coaches
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