Emanuel Byrd

TE · Marshall 2016 · #6

Last confirmed: Marshall, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · Albany, GA · Georgia Military

Emanuel Byrd: TE · Marshall · #6.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jack TabbNorth Carolina · 2014 · 95% season match
Chris GarrisonBoston College · 2017 · 84% season match
Charles StandberryLouisville · 2017 · 84% season match
Alec OsborneUL Monroe · 2014 · 81% season match
Kyle CarterPenn State · 2014 · 80% season match

Emanuel Byrd

TE · Marshall · #6

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at Marshall. One game to point at: 58 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Morgan State — Week 2, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Marshall in the news

Jury favors Marshall in lawsuitOct 7
Michigan TE apologizes for criticizing OCFOX Sports Oct 6

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Marshall	26	242	9.3	3
2015	Marshall	19	214	11.3	1
Career		45	456	10.1	4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 62-0vs Morgan State	3	58	19.3	1	37	Season-high 58 yds
Wk 3	L 38-65vs Akron	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	L 28-59vs No. 3 Louisville	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 5	L 27-43@ Pittsburgh	3	11	3.7	0	4
Wk 6	L 21-38@ North Texas	2	28	14.0	0	27
Wk 7	W 27-21vs Florida Atlantic	5	52	10.4	0	14
Wk 8	L 24-27vs Charlotte	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 9	L 14-24@ Southern Miss	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 10	L 14-38@ Old Dominion	3	26	8.7	1	22
Wk 11	W 42-17vs Middle Tennessee	4	33	8.3	0	15
Wk 12	L 14-31@ Florida International	2	20	10.0	1	17
Total		26	242	9.3	3	37

Signature game

Week 2 · 2016

W 62-0

vs Morgan State

3 rec · 58 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 62-point win at home against Morgan State.

With C. Litton — 309 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · K. Vedvik — 44.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 50 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Florida International · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.86Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 17 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 10 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Garet Morrell pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 22 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 6 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.39Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 27 yds to the NoTex 48 for a
Week 10 · Old Dominion · 4th and 2 · Q1 · EPA −1.81Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 1 yd to the ODU 40
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.49Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 15 yds to the Marsh 30 for a
Week 5 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +1.07Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 3 yds to the Pitt 41 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.96Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 9 yds to the MTnSt 36
Week 6 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.92Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 1 yd to the Marsh 47
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA −0.69Chase Litton pass complete to Emanuel Byrd for 2 yds to the MTnSt 47
Week 3 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −0.68Emanuel Byrd run for a loss of 3 yards to the Akron 24

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Doc Holliday, all balanced offenses — 13-12 over that span.

2015Marshall10-3HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2016Marshall3-9HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (86th percentile). Strength: td rate (84th percentile). Concern: epa / target (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#97 / 674 · 86th pct

78.3%

TD rate#107 / 674 · 84th pct

8.7%

Explosive rate#451 / 674 · 32nd pct

8.7%

Yards / catch#634 / 674 · 6th pct

7.3

EPA / target#651 / 674 · 3rd pct

0.06

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#40 / 96 · 58th pct

Rec TDs#35 / 96 · 56th pct

Long catch#45 / 96 · 52nd pct

Rush TDs#1 / 9 · 50th pct

Rec yards#60 / 96 · 37th pct

242

Yards / catch#89 / 96 · 7th pct

9.3

Rush yards#9 / 9 · 6th pct

-3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

61st → 3rd percentile

Explosive rate

82nd → 32nd percentile

Catch rate

89th → 86th percentile

TD rate

48th → 84th percentile

Yards / catch

39th → 6th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	25.8	8.3	0.2
Road5g	2.2	17.4	7.7	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	26.5	9.6	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	16.6	6.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Doc Holliday

Pass share

53.0%

438 pass / 389 run

Plays / game

68.9

12 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

425 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

26 catches and 1 carry in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Emanuel Byrd

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

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Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

26 catches and 1 carry in 11 games

Two seasons at Marshall

His moves

2015 10 games