Gets deep into his time at Middle Tennessee, from TheAthletic.com (subscription):
Titans’ Kevin Byard still feels combine FOMO as he continues path toward NFL stardom
a small excerpt:
...He makes the 45-minute drive back to campus relatively often, even working out and doing conditioning drills with the Raiders during the winter months.
“He’d always come back and run gassers with us,” said former MTSU corner Charvarius Ward, now a rookie with the Kansas City Chiefs. “He was always at the front of the line. He felt like no college player should beat him, ever. He was still leading by example.”
Byard sometimes still voluntarily jumps into the most grueling workouts that college players endure.
“What NFL guy does mat drills?” said Steve Ellis, MTSU’s secondary coach. “It’s crazy.”
Byard ducked his head into the locker room before the WKU game, and the current players went nuts.
“Kevin’s like the President to them,” Ellis said. “They just want to make him proud.”
But the All-Pro is still one of the boys. Ellis laughed that Byard still drives a Jeep.
“He’s a selfless kid,” Ellis said...
Titans’ Kevin Byard still feels combine FOMO as he continues path toward NFL stardom
a small excerpt:
...He makes the 45-minute drive back to campus relatively often, even working out and doing conditioning drills with the Raiders during the winter months.
“He’d always come back and run gassers with us,” said former MTSU corner Charvarius Ward, now a rookie with the Kansas City Chiefs. “He was always at the front of the line. He felt like no college player should beat him, ever. He was still leading by example.”
Byard sometimes still voluntarily jumps into the most grueling workouts that college players endure.
“What NFL guy does mat drills?” said Steve Ellis, MTSU’s secondary coach. “It’s crazy.”
Byard ducked his head into the locker room before the WKU game, and the current players went nuts.
“Kevin’s like the President to them,” Ellis said. “They just want to make him proud.”
But the All-Pro is still one of the boys. Ellis laughed that Byard still drives a Jeep.
“He’s a selfless kid,” Ellis said...