Joseph Byrnes

* 2023 co-Defensive Scout Team Award
* 2023 co-Special Teams Scout Team Award
* 2023 Harold White GPA Award – Defense
* 2022 co-Special Teams Scout Team Award
* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Fourth-year walk-on from nearby Camden, S.C… adds depth at the safety postion and could figure in as a special teams performer.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Walk-on defensive back who saw action in three contests… played against Furman, Vanderbilt and Kentucky… credited with four tackles including three against Furman… also had a stop in the Vanderbilt win… won a pair of coaches’ awards following the season… shared the Defensive Scout Team Award with Colin Bryant and Landon Grier and shared the Special Teams Scout Team Award with Jace Blackshear… named the Harold White GPA Award winner for the defense during the spring.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Redshirt freshman who worked primarily with the scout team… saw action in two contests, appearing in the wins over Georgia State and South Carolina State… credited with one assisted tackle against SC State… co-winner of the Special Teams Scout Team Award… logged two interceptions in the 2022 Garnet & Black Spring Game, including one in the final minute that sealed the win… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman)
Walk-on who joined the squad in the summer… worked with the scout team… did not see any game action… redshirted… named to the 2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Camden (S.C.) High School in 2021… was a two-time Class 3A all-state defensive back for the Bulldogs… coached by Brian Rimpf… led the Bulldogs with four interceptions and 10 pass breakups while adding 52 tackles as a senior… was a team captain… Camden posted a 9-2 record in his senior season and played in the state championship game in Class AAA… the Bulldogs reached the state semifinals in 2019.

PERSONAL
Joseph David Byrnes was born July 7, 2002… is a mechanical engineering major.