Derek Byrd Jr.

0 Derek Byrd Jr.

Height:

6'7"
Weight:

195
Hometown:

Jackson, MS
Position:

F
Year:

SO
High School:

Callaway

gp

30
pts/g

3.2
fg %

47.4
3pt %

-
ft %

58.1
reb/g

5.0
a/g

0.6

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	30	14
Games started	23	7
Minutes	136	64
Minutes per game	4.5	4.6
FG	36-76	10-25
FG Pct	47.4	40.0
3PT	0-0	0-0
3PT Pct	-	-
FT	25-43	11-20
FT Pct	58.1	55.0
Off rebounds	64	22
Def rebounds	86	33
Total rebounds	150	55
Rebounds per game	5.0	3.9
Personal fouls	28	16
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	19	8
Turnovers	19	5
Assist to turnover ratio	1.0	1.6
Steals	24	7
Blocks	13	2
Points	97	31
Points per game	3.2	2.2
Points per 40.0 min	28.5	19.4

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 9	Northwest Mississippi Community College	L, 99-93
Feb 12	at Copiah-Lincoln Community College	L, 63-59
Feb 16	Pearl River Community College	W, 70-69
Feb 23	at Jones College	L, 80-53
Feb 26	Southwest Mississippi Community College	L, 81-64
Mar 2	at Hinds Community College	L, 101-61

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Sep 19	vs. JUCO Trails		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	at Corry Black Classic Jamboree		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 11	at Cloud County Community College		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at MBA JUCO Showcase		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Florida Coastal Prep		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 3	Louisiana Knights	W, 78-63	1	1	2-5	40.0	0-0	-	2-4	50.0	6
Nov 5	Wallace Community College-Selma	L, 58-50	1	1	2-5	40.0	0-0	-	2-3	66.7	6
Nov 7	SEMO Prep		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 10	at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	L, 84-59	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 13	at Delgado Community College	L, 70-65	1	22	6-9	66.7	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	15
Nov 15	Advance Prep Academy		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 18	Royal Ambassadors	W, 98-51	1	1	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 20	at Wallace Community College-Selma	L, 67-62	1	1	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Nov 22	Reid State Technical College	W, 74-53	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 2	William Carey JV	W, 65-51	1	1	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	5
Dec 4	at Coahoma Community College	L, 84-64	1	1	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Dec 6	Community Christian	W, 73-55	1	1	3-4	75.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	8
Dec 8	at Reid State Community College	L, 86-59	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 11	at Holmes Community College	L, 77-57	1	20	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	1-3	33.3	5
Dec 13	221 Flight Prep	W, 128-36	1	1	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Dec 15	at Northwest Mississippi Community College	L, 116-96	1	17	2-5	40.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Jan 8	Tennessee Valley Community Christian College	W, 74-51	1	1	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	0
Jan 10	Baton Rouge Post Grad Academy	W, 94-43	1	1	3-5	60.0	0-0	-	1-1	100.0	7
Jan 12	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	L, 73-57	1	1	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 15	at East Central Community College	L, 72-71	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 20	Mississippi Delta Community College	W, 85-64	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	0
Jan 22	at East Mississippi Community College	L, 75-70	1	1	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	2
Jan 29	at Itawamba Community College	L, 72-68	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 31	Holmes Community College	L, 60-55	-	1	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	3
Feb 3	Coahoma Community College	L, 75-63	-	1	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	2
Feb 5	at Northeast Mississippi Community College	L, 73-63	-	11	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	5
Feb 9	Northwest Mississippi Community College	L, 99-93	-	1	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Feb 12	at Copiah-Lincoln Community College	L, 63-59	-	34	4-10	40.0	0-0	-	2-3	66.7	10
Feb 16	Pearl River Community College	W, 70-69	-	1	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	1-1	100.0	3
Feb 23	at Jones College	L, 80-53	-	8	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 26	Southwest Mississippi Community College	L, 81-64	1	1	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	1
Mar 2	at Hinds Community College	L, 101-61	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	1

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Sep 19	vs. JUCO Trails		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	at Corry Black Classic Jamboree		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 11	at Cloud County Community College		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at MBA JUCO Showcase		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Florida Coastal Prep		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 3	Louisiana Knights	W, 78-63	1	1	3	5	8	0	0	0	1
Nov 5	Wallace Community College-Selma	L, 58-50	1	1	5	6	11	0	1	0	0
Nov 7	SEMO Prep		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 10	at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	L, 84-59	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 13	at Delgado Community College	L, 70-65	1	22	3	2	5	0	1	4	2
Nov 15	Advance Prep Academy		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 18	Royal Ambassadors	W, 98-51	1	1	0	3	3	2	1	2	0
Nov 20	at Wallace Community College-Selma	L, 67-62	1	1	1	5	6	1	1	0	1
Nov 22	Reid State Technical College	W, 74-53	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 2	William Carey JV	W, 65-51	1	1	4	8	12	2	2	1	3
Dec 4	at Coahoma Community College	L, 84-64	1	1	2	3	5	0	0	1	0
Dec 6	Community Christian	W, 73-55	1	1	1	5	6	1	3	1	0
Dec 8	at Reid State Community College	L, 86-59	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 11	at Holmes Community College	L, 77-57	1	20	4	1	5	0	1	0	0
Dec 13	221 Flight Prep	W, 128-36	1	1	3	0	3	3	0	7	2
Dec 15	at Northwest Mississippi Community College	L, 116-96	1	17	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Jan 8	Tennessee Valley Community Christian College	W, 74-51	1	1	4	5	9	1	3	1	0
Jan 10	Baton Rouge Post Grad Academy	W, 94-43	1	1	8	6	14	1	1	0	2
Jan 12	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	L, 73-57	1	1	3	2	5	0	0	0	0
Jan 15	at East Central Community College	L, 72-71	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Jan 20	Mississippi Delta Community College	W, 85-64	1	1	2	3	5	2	0	1	1
Jan 22	at East Mississippi Community College	L, 75-70	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jan 29	at Itawamba Community College	L, 72-68	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jan 31	Holmes Community College	L, 60-55	-	1	1	2	3	0	2	1	0
Feb 3	Coahoma Community College	L, 75-63	-	1	2	1	3	2	0	0	1
Feb 5	at Northeast Mississippi Community College	L, 73-63	-	11	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Feb 9	Northwest Mississippi Community College	L, 99-93	-	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	0
Feb 12	at Copiah-Lincoln Community College	L, 63-59	-	34	6	7	13	0	0	2	0
Feb 16	Pearl River Community College	W, 70-69	-	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0
Feb 23	at Jones College	L, 80-53	-	8	1	3	4	0	0	1	0
Feb 26	Southwest Mississippi Community College	L, 81-64	1	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	0
Mar 2	at Hinds Community College	L, 101-61	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Sep 19	vs. JUCO Trails		-	-	-	-
Oct 5	at Corry Black Classic Jamboree		-	-	-	-
Oct 11	at Cloud County Community College		-	-	-	-
Oct 18	at MBA JUCO Showcase		-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Florida Coastal Prep		-	-	-	-
Nov 3	Louisiana Knights	W, 78-63	1	0	-	-
Nov 5	Wallace Community College-Selma	L, 58-50	1	0	-	0.0
Nov 7	SEMO Prep		-	-	-	-
Nov 10	at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	L, 84-59	1	0	-	-
Nov 13	at Delgado Community College	L, 70-65	1	1	-	0.0
Nov 15	Advance Prep Academy		-	-	-	-
Nov 18	Royal Ambassadors	W, 98-51	1	0	-	2.0
Nov 20	at Wallace Community College-Selma	L, 67-62	1	0	-	1.0
Nov 22	Reid State Technical College	W, 74-53	1	3	-	-
Dec 2	William Carey JV	W, 65-51	1	0	-	1.0
Dec 4	at Coahoma Community College	L, 84-64	1	2	-	-
Dec 6	Community Christian	W, 73-55	1	2	-	0.3
Dec 8	at Reid State Community College	L, 86-59	1	0	-	-
Dec 11	at Holmes Community College	L, 77-57	1	3	-	0.0
Dec 13	221 Flight Prep	W, 128-36	1	0	-	-
Dec 15	at Northwest Mississippi Community College	L, 116-96	1	1	-	-
Jan 8	Tennessee Valley Community Christian College	W, 74-51	1	0	-	0.3
Jan 10	Baton Rouge Post Grad Academy	W, 94-43	1	0	-	1.0
Jan 12	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	L, 73-57	1	0	-	-
Jan 15	at East Central Community College	L, 72-71	1	2	-	-
Jan 20	Mississippi Delta Community College	W, 85-64	1	0	-	-
Jan 22	at East Mississippi Community College	L, 75-70	1	1	-	-
Jan 29	at Itawamba Community College	L, 72-68	1	1	-	0.0
Jan 31	Holmes Community College	L, 60-55	-	0	-	0.0
Feb 3	Coahoma Community College	L, 75-63	-	4	-	-
Feb 5	at Northeast Mississippi Community College	L, 73-63	-	3	-	-
Feb 9	Northwest Mississippi Community College	L, 99-93	-	0	-	-
Feb 12	at Copiah-Lincoln Community College	L, 63-59	-	3	-	-
Feb 16	Pearl River Community College	W, 70-69	-	0	-	-
Feb 23	at Jones College	L, 80-53	-	0	0	-
Feb 26	Southwest Mississippi Community College	L, 81-64	1	2	-	0.0
Mar 2	at Hinds Community College	L, 101-61	1	0	-	1.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2024-25	19	1.7	0.8-1.5	0.1-0.3	0.5-0.7	2.2
2025-26	30	4.5	1.2-2.5	0.0-0.0	0.8-1.4	3.2
Total	49	3.5	1.0-2.1	0.0-0.1	0.7-1.2	2.8

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2024-25	19	-	33	15-29	51.7	2-6	33.3	9-14	64.3	41
2025-26	30	23	136	36-76	47.4	0-0	-	25-43	58.1	97
Total	49	23	169	51-105	48.6	2-6	33.3	34-57	59.6	138

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2024-25	19	33	1.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
2025-26	30	136	4.5	10.6-22.3	0.0-0.0	-	7.3-12.6	28.5
Total	49	169	3.5	12.1-24.8	0.5-1.4	33.3	8.0-13.5	32.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2024-25	19	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.2
2025-26	30	2.1	2.9	5.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.4
Total	49	1.5	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2024-25	19	-	11	23	34	8	11	3	3
2025-26	30	23	64	86	150	19	19	24	13
Total	49	23	75	109	184	27	30	27	16

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2024-25	19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2025-26	30	18.8	25.3	44.0	5.6	5.6	7.0	3.8
Total	49	17.7	25.8	43.5	6.4	7.1	6.4	3.8

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	30	4.5	1.2-2.5	0.0-0.0	0.8-1.4	3.2
Conference	14	4.6	0.7-1.8	0.0-0.0	0.8-1.4	2.2
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	16	1.0	1.1-2.4	0.0-0.0	0.8-1.6	3.1
Away	14	8.6	1.3-2.6	0.0-0.0	0.9-1.3	3.4
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	10	1.0	1.2-2.6	0.0-0.0	0.9-1.6	3.3
Losses	20	6.3	1.2-2.5	0.0-0.0	0.8-1.4	3.2
Month
November	7	4.0	1.6-3.3	0.0-0.0	1.0-1.6	4.1
December	7	6.0	1.7-3.1	0.0-0.0	0.9-1.3	4.3
January	8	1.0	0.5-1.2	0.0-0.0	0.5-1.1	1.5
February	7	8.1	1.3-3.0	0.0-0.0	1.0-1.7	3.6
March	1	1.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	1.0-2.0	1.0

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	30	23	136	36-76	47.4	0-0	-	25-43	58.1	97
Conference	14	7	64	10-25	40.0	0-0	-	11-20	55.0	31
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	16	12	16	18-39	46.2	0-0	-	13-25	52.0	49
Away	14	11	120	18-37	48.6	0-0	-	12-18	66.7	48
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	10	9	10	12-26	46.2	0-0	-	9-16	56.3	33
Losses	20	14	126	24-50	48.0	0-0	-	16-27	59.3	64
Month
November	7	7	28	11-23	47.8	0-0	-	7-11	63.6	29
December	7	7	42	12-22	54.5	0-0	-	6-9	66.7	30
January	8	7	8	4-10	40.0	0-0	-	4-9	44.4	12
February	7	1	57	9-21	42.9	0-0	-	7-12	58.3	25
March	1	1	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	1

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	30	136	4.5	10.6-22.3	0.0-0.0	-	7.3-12.6	28.5
Conference	14	64	4.6	6.2-15.6	0.0-0.0	-	6.9-12.5	19.4
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	16	16	1.0	45.0-97.5	0.0-0.0	-	32.5-62.5	122.5
Away	14	120	8.6	6.0-12.3	0.0-0.0	-	4.0-6.0	16.0
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	10	10	1.0	48.0-104.0	0.0-0.0	-	36.0-64.0	132.0
Losses	20	126	6.3	7.6-15.8	0.0-0.0	-	5.1-8.6	20.3
Month
November	7	28	4.0	15.7-32.9	0.0-0.0	-	10.0-15.7	41.4
December	7	42	6.0	11.4-20.8	0.0-0.0	-	5.7-8.5	28.4
January	8	8	1.0	20.0-50.0	0.0-0.0	-	20.0-45.0	60.0
February	7	57	8.1	6.3-14.7	0.0-0.0	-	4.9-8.4	17.5
March	1	1	1.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	40.0-80.0	40.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	30	2.1	2.9	5.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.4
Conference	14	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	16	2.6	3.2	5.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.6
Away	14	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.2
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	2.7	3.7	6.4	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.9
Losses	20	1.9	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.2
Month
November	7	1.9	3.0	4.9	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.6
December	7	2.4	3.0	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.4	0.7
January	8	2.6	2.6	5.3	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.4
February	7	1.9	3.0	4.9	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.1
March	1	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	30	23	64	86	150	19	19	24	13
Conference	14	7	22	33	55	8	5	7	2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	16	12	41	51	92	17	14	16	10
Away	14	11	23	35	58	2	5	8	3
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	9	27	37	64	13	10	13	9
Losses	20	14	37	49	86	6	9	11	4
Month
November	7	7	13	21	34	3	4	6	4
December	7	7	17	21	38	6	6	10	5
January	8	7	21	21	42	4	7	3	3
February	7	1	13	21	34	5	1	5	1
March	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	30	18.8	25.3	44.0	5.6	5.6	7.0	3.8
Conference	14	13.8	20.6	34.4	5.0	3.1	4.4	1.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	16	102.5	127.5	230.0	42.5	35.0	40.0	25.0
Away	14	7.7	11.6	19.3	0.7	1.7	2.7	1.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	108.0	148.0	256.0	52.0	40.0	52.0	36.0
Losses	20	11.7	15.5	27.3	1.9	2.9	3.5	1.3
Month
November	7	18.6	30.0	48.6	4.3	5.7	8.6	5.7
December	7	16.1	19.9	36.0	5.7	5.7	9.5	4.7
January	8	105.0	105.0	210.0	20.0	35.0	15.0	15.0
February	7	9.1	14.7	23.9	3.5	0.7	3.5	0.7
March	1	0.0	80.0	80.0	40.0	40.0	0.0	0.0

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Game Log - Shooting

Game Log - Ball control

Game Log - Ball control extended

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