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Damiere Byrd

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Sicklerville, N.J. High School: Timber Creek

Height / Weight: 5-9 / 168 Position: WR Experience: 1 VL

Sophomore wide receiver who may be the fastest player on the team... figures to play a more intregral role this season... also competes on the track team as a sprinter.

2011: True freshman who played in nine games, starting three... sat out the first four games due to an NCAA eligibility issue... caught just one pass for 16 yards, but carried the ball 10 times for 73 yards and had one kickoff return for 24 yards... started the first game in which he appeared against Auburn... had his first career rush (two yards) in that game...caught his only pass for 16 yards vs. Kentucky... also set a career long with a 21-yard run on a flanker sweep against the Wildcats...had a 10-yard carry against Mississippi State... rushed twice for 15 yards at Tennessee... earned his second start at Arkansas... lone kickoff return came against The Citadel... rushed three times for 19 yards as a starter in the win over rival Clemson.

HIGH SCHOOL: Damiere Byrd played at Timber Creek Regional High in Erial, N.J... logged more than 1,500 yards from scrimmage as a senior... coached by Robert Hinson... played in the NUC All-World Bowl in Charleston, S.C., where he caught five passes for 52 yards and two touchdowns, earning offensive MVP honors... as a junior for the Chargers, caught 38 passes for 605 yards and four touchdowns, carried the ball 78 times for 685 yards and eight more scores, and added two punt returns for TDs, earning first-team all-conference and Group III and second-team All-South Jersey... a track standout, has run a 10.42 100-meters, a 21.90 200-meters, and a 47.88 400-meters... won the state indoor 55-meter title as a sophomore in 6.39 seconds... traveled to Japan in February 2011 to compete... rated a four-star prospect, the sixth-best player in New Jersey, the 19th-best wide receiver in the country and ranked as the 186th-best player in the country by Rivals.com... regarded as a four-star prospect, the 132nd-best player in the country and the 18th-best wide receiver by Scout.com... four-star prospect, the fourth-best player in New Jersey and the 24th-best wide receiver in the nation, according to 247Sports.com... considered a PrepStar All-American... selected South Carolina over Iowa, Ole Miss and Florida.