THREE-YEAR LETTERMAN - 2011 Preseason All-Big South...returning All-Conference performer…will give the secondary big-play capability and veteran presence…had another outstanding off-season of conditioning and has added more size and strength…projected to start at cornerback…has 235 career tackles...will serve as a co-captain.
2010 - Named Second Team All-Big South…led the team defensive backs and ranked second among Big South secondary players with 78 tackles for 7.1 stops per game…had 31 solos and 47 assists on the season…ranked seventh in the Big South in total tackles…posted a career-high 13 tackles against Coastal Carolina with 11 assists…also had 11 tackles against Charleston Southern…logged back-to-back nine tackle games against Lock Haven and William and Mary…intercepted a pass and returned it 24 yards against Gardner-Webb in the season finale…credited with a quarterback hurry against Coastal Carolina.
2009 - Named Second Team All-Big South Conference…ranked second in the Big South Conference in tackles per game (9.3)…led Big South Conference defensive backs in tackles per game in both overall and conference games…logged five double-digit tackle games on the year including a career-high 17 total stops at Liberty (eight solos, nine assists)…also posted 12 tackles against Gardner-Webb with five solos and seven assists…credited with 11 tackles against #1 Richmond with 0.5 TFL for 7 yards…also had 11 tackles in season opener against Robert Morris…forced and recovered a fumble at Coastal Carolina and broke up passes against Richmond and Liberty…racked up five solos and four assists against James Madison and also had seven tackle games against Stony Brook and Presbyterian College…played a total of 730 snaps on the year.
2008 - Started 10 of 11 games at cornerback and earned his first varsity letter...ranked second on the team in tackles with 61...posted double-digit tackles in the Charleston Southern game with a career-high 12, including a tackle-for-loss for two yards...intercepted a pass and returned it 24 yards against William & Mary and also picked off a pass for a 21-yard return against Stony Brook...broke up four passes on the year...blocked a kick versus Stony Brook...ranked 12th in the league in tackles. ..tied for seventh in the conference in interceptions.
2007 - Did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL - A graduate of Massaponax High School in Fredericksburg, Va...four-year letterwinner...named All-District as a safety...also a four-year letterwinner in basketball...also lettered in track...prepped at Fork Union Military Academy.
PERSONAL - Full name is Byron Christopher Allen...Economics and Business major.
