HALL OF FAME

Brian Byers was a three-year starter and four-year letter winner as a cornerback for the Central Methodist football team from 2001-04.

Byers was a unanimous first team All-HAAC selection as a junior and senior and in 2004 was named an honorable mention All-American by the NAIA and NAIAFootball.Net.

Byers was named NAIAFootball.Net Special Teams Player of the Week as a junior and earned the honor again during the 2004 season. As a senior, he was named the NAIA Defensive Player of the Week and twice the HAAC Defensive Player of the Week.

As a freshman in 2001, Byers was part of a defense that allowed the fewest rushing yards in a game in school history, as the Eagles limited Southern Nazarene (Okla.) to negative 43 yards.

In 2003, Byers was part of a special teams unit that set a single-season school record for blocked kicks (14).

In 2004, Byers ranked second in the country in interceptions per game (0.900), 10th in passes defended per game (1.500) and 22nd in punt return average (23.000). He tied the single-game school record for most interceptions, picking off three passes against Missouri Valley. Byers was part of a defense that tied a single-game school record for most interceptions (6) and set single-season records for most interceptions (33), most takeaways (49) and highest turnover margin (plus-28). He was part of a special teams unit that twice set the single-game record for blocked kicks (3). The 2004 defense led the nation in turnover margin per game (2.500) and in per games averages ranked sixth in opponents third down conversion rate (26.100), 10th in pass defense efficiency (89.000), 11th in scoring defense (16.0), 27th in total defense (306.7) and 29th in rushing defense (136.5).

Byers ranks second in Central Methodist history in single-season interceptions (10 in 2004) and career interceptions (18).

Byers earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from Central Methodist in 2005.
 
A native of Kansas City, Byers attended Hickman Mills High School.