UNC Greensboro

2015-16 (Junior)
Played in six games, making five starts to earn his third letter … Missed the final 26 games due to academic reasons … Averaged 8.3 points per game, scoring 50 points in the first six games … Connected on 44.4 percent (16-of-36) from 3-point land … Scored a season-high 17 points against Greensboro College (Nov. 14), hitting 5-of-9 from distance … Scored nine points against Chowan (Nov. 17), at UCF (Nov. 21) and against Jacksonville (Nov. 29) … Grabbed six rebounds against Greensboro College … Hit multiple 3-pointers in five of six games. 

2014-15 (Sophomore)
Played in 28 games, including 13 starts … Started the first 12 games of the year … Averaged 5.5 points per game … Connected on 44-of-137 (32.1%) from 3-point land … Led the team shooting 88.2 percent (15-of-17) from the free throw line … Scored a career-high 20 points at Indiana (Nov. 28) as he hit 6-of-11 (54.5%) from 3-point land … Scored 18 points against Longwood (Nov. 21), hitting 6-of-11 from the distance … Scored 12 points at East Tennessee State (Dec. 13), hitting 4-of-8 from long range … Tallied multiple 3-pointers in 13 games … Missed five games due to injury, including the last four of the year. 

2013-14 (Freshman)
Played in 11 games to earn his first letter … Scored 24 points off the bench in 49 minutes … Scored a career-high 12 points against Chowan (Nov. 17) … Connected on 4-of-6 from three-point land against Chowan … Finished the season shooting 40 percent (8-of-20) from long range. 

2013 Spain Trip
Played in three of the four games on the Spain trip … Averaged 6.3 points and 1.3 steals per game on the trip … Connected on 33.3 percent (5-of-15) from 3-point land … Scored 14 points against Aragon Select as he was 5-of-9 from the field, including four 3-pointers … Added five points against Catalunya Select.

High School
Four-year letterwinner at East Burke High School for coach Jon Hancock … Two-time Catawba Valley Conference Player of the Year … Named to the Associated Press All-State team as a senior and earned one of just five spots on the All-USA North Carolina Boys All-State team … Two-time North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association District 10 Player of the Year … Three-time All-Greater Hickory selection and a two-time News Herald Burke Country Player of the year … Rated as the No. 19 player in the state of North Carolina and the No. 126 shooting guard in the nation according to ESPN.com … Finished his career as East Burke’s all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,274 points … Averaged 26.6 points. 4.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game as a senior leading the Cavs to a 24-6 record … Led team tot eh CVAC 2A regular season title and the conference tournament championship game … Connected on 51 percent from the field and 43 percent from three-point land as a senior … Averaged 24.7 points per game, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a junior when he led East Burke to a 20-8 record.

Personal
Full name is Claiborn Collins Byrd … Born September 23, 1994 … Son of Kerry and Angela Byrd … Has six sisters – Julia, Caroline, Emily, Ruby, Ellen and Elizabeth along with one brother, K.J. … Majoring in pre-kinesiology.