THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

Two-year starting receiver who led the team in passes caught each of the last two seasons...94 career catches for 1,089 yards and seven touchdowns...Has two career 100-yard receiving games...Has at least one reception in 19 of his 20 career games played, with the lone exception at North Dakota State in 2018...Has two or more catches in 18 of his 20 career games...Has a catch in his last 17 straight games...UNA 2019: Started all 11 games in 2019 and led the team with 46 pass receptions...572 receiving yards, 12.4 average per catch and 52.0 receiving yards per game...Two receiving touchdowns with one at Montana on a 64-yard play and one at Gardner-Webb on a 14-yard pass...His 100-yard receiving games were at Montana (6 for 103) and Monmouth (5 for 117)...Carried the ball three times for -6 yards and threw one incomplete pass...One kickoff return for 22 yards...UNA 2018: Enjoyed a break-out season as a redshirt freshman in 2018, starting nine games and finishing as the team's leading receiver with 48 catches for 517 yards and five touchdowns...Averaged 10.8 yards per catch and 57.4 yards per game...His longest catch of the season was for 39 yards in his first collegiate game at Southern Utah that he took to the end zone for a touchdown...Had a catch for 18 yards on a third-and-14 play in the final two minutes at Southern Utah to keep the eventual game-winning touchdown drive alive...Caught two touchdown passes against Alabama A&M (6, 30) and two against Shorter (24, 1)...Caught the game-winning touchdown pass against Alabama A&M from 30 yards out with 13:46 remaining in the game and UNA trailing 20-18...The catch gave the Lions a 25-20 win...Missed the Azusa Pacific game due to injury...Caught at least two passes in each of UNA's final six games of 2018...UNA 2017: Redshirted at UNA in 2017...HIGH SCHOOL:  Played wide receiver, quarterback, kick returner and punt returner under head coach J.B. Wallace at Florence High School…Helped lead the Falcons to the state semifinals in 2014…Named all-area and maintained a 3.0 GPA…Broke school record for most receiving yards in a game with 240…Also lettered in basketball …PERSONAL: Full name is Bakari Jakobi Byrd…Son of Bakari Byrd and Kerri Washington and has two siblings…Major is Sport Management.

Year      Rec.    Yds    Avg    TD    Long    Avg/G
2018       48      517    10.8     5      39       57.4
2019       46      572    12.4     2      64       52.0
Career    94    1089    11.5     7      64       54.4