Defensive End Roderick Byers (2011)

6-5/253/4.70
Class of 2011

Northwestern High Trojans (AAAA-3)

2009 Record: 9-6 (5-0)

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Roderick Byers received his first scholarship offer from South Carolina earlier this month, and is receiving interest from a number of Football Bowl Subdivision schools including Michigan, Notre Dame, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Auburn, UCLA, Alabama, Miami, Florida State, North Carolina, NC State, Duke, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Wake Forest, Maryland, and others.

Byers plans to attend camps at Virginia Tech, Georgia, Alabama, Florida State, and possibly South Carolina this weekend.

Byers wants to get faster during his senior year. He has a goal of running a 4.60 by the end of the football season.

Carolina Panthers' defensive end Julius Peppers is the player that Byers says he gets compared to the most, but he says that he is more inspired by Minnesota Viking Jared Allen's "motor".

For now, Byers has one thing in mind for his team during his senior year.

"THE ULTIMATE goal is to be a state champion. I've come up short 3 years in a row playing in 3 upper state championship games and 2 state championship games so this year losing isn't an option."

With Roderick Byers and Gerald Dixon Jr. anchoring the defensive line, this will definitely be a team to watch in 2010.