Rodrick Shawn Byrdsong (born October 2, 1979) is a former

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 ...

defensive back who played one season with the

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of the

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(NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State University and attended

Longview High School Longview High School (colloquially known as LHS) is a public high school located in the city of Longview, Texas, in Gregg County, United States and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Longview Independent School District ...

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. He was also a member of the

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

Professional career

Byrdsong played in one game for the NFL's

during the 2002 season. He was released by the Ravens on September 24, 2002. He was signed by the

of the NFL on February 4, 2003 and allocated to the

Berlin Thunder The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europe. History The Thunder came into existence as an expansion team, after the London/England Monarchs franchise shut down operations, prior to the 1999 season. Home games ...

of NFL Europe. Byrdsong was released by the Thunder on March 23, 2003.

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