Solomon Byrd is an

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for the

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. He previously played for the

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Early life and high school

Byrd was born in

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where he attended

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. In Byrd's high school career, he totaled 155 tackles with 20.5 going for a loss, 16 sacks, two fumble recoveries, and six forced fumbles. Byrd would decide to commit to play

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at the

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College career

Wyoming

In Byrd's first season with Wyoming in 2018, he had five tackles In week three of the 2019 season, Byrd had a clutch sack to force a punt with three minutes left in the game, as he helped Wyoming beat

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21-16. In the following week, Byrd had a breakout game notching 2.5 sacks, a foced fumble, a fumble recovery, and a pass deflection, in a win over

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. Byrd finished the 2019 season with 45 tackles with 9.5 being for a loss, 6.5 sacks, a pass deflection, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble. For his performance on the 2019 season, Byrd was named a FWAA Freshman All-American. Byrd would decide to opt out of the 2020 season due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. In the 2021 season, Byrd finished the season with 37 tackles with 3.5 being for a loss, and 3.5 sacks. After the conclusion of the 2021 season, Byrd announced his descison to enter the NCAA transfer portal.

USC

Byrd would innitally decide to transfer to Georgia Tech but would later change his commitment to

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. In week two Byrd had two sacks, in a win over

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. In week three, Byrd made his first career start where he made four tackles with two being for a loss, and a sack where he forced a fumble, and recovered it, as he helped USC beat Fresno State. Byrd finished the 2022 season with 28 tackles with 7.5 being for a loss, four sacks, a pass deflection, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble.

References

External links

Wyoming Cowboys bioUSC Trojans bio
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