Keith Byars
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 14, 1963 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dayton, Ohio | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Ohio State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 610 |
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| Receiving yards: | 5,661 |
| Total touchdowns: | 54 |
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Keith Alan Byars (born October 14, 1963) is an American sports broadcaster and former American football player in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots and New York Jets.
Byars attended high school at the now-defunct Roth High School in Dayton, Ohio and Trotwood Madison High School, in Trotwood, Ohio.
Byars was a tailback with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1982 to 1985, under head coach Earle Bruce.
In 1984, Byars finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting (behind Doug Flutie) after a season where he gained an OSU record 2,441 all-purpose yards, including a then-school record 1,764 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. That season featured a game against Illinois (Ohio State won this game 45-38 on October 13, 1984) in which Byars led a comeback from a 24-0 deficit, rushing for 274 yards and five touchdowns, the last with 36 seconds remaining in the game. On his fourth touchdown run, going for 67 yards, he famously lost his left shoe at the Illini 40 but never broke stride. Byars was a unanimous first-team All-America selection, and voted the Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player. His running backs coach that year was a young Jim Tressel, who would later become the Buckeyes' head coach.
Byars was a preseason favorite for the 1985 Heisman, but fractured the bone in his right foot near the little toe in preseason practice. He missed the first five games of the 1985 season, and returned too early. He reinjured the broken bone in his second game back and missed the remainder of the regular season. He attempted to return for the Citrus Bowl game on December 28, but injured his foot again in the second Ohio State offensive series of the game. Many observers note that throughout the remainder of his football career Byars was never as dominant a player as he had been in 1984.
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