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2024 Football Roster

6 Damon Byrnes-Mitchell

6 Damon Byrnes-Mitchell

  • Position:
    FS
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 195
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Clearwater, FL
  • High School:
    Countryside HS
  • Major:
    Business Administration

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights
2x MSC Second-Team All-Conference: 2022, 2023
4x MSC Player of the Week: 2021 (x2), 2022, 2023
NAIA Defensive Player of the Week: 2023

As a senior (2024) ... Played in eight games. Recorded 30 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 INT, and 1 blocked kick. Added a pass break up against Union, with an interception against Pikeville, and a season-high 1.5 TFL vs Cumberland University. 

As a junior (2023) ... MSC MSC Second Team All-Conference ... NAIA Defensive Player of the Week (9/18) ... MSC Defensive Player of the Week (9/18) ... Played in all ten games ... Finished the year with 49 tackles, 4 TFL, 3 INT's, 1 FF and 1 FR ... Dominated against #14 Reinhardt with 2 INT's, a forced fumble and fumble recovery... Broke up five passes and blocked a kick as well. 

As a Sophomore (2022) …. MSC Second Team All-Conference …. MSC Defensive Player of the Week (10/17) … Led the team with 47 solo tackles, while be second on the team with 71 tackles … Notched a team-high nine pass breakups, recorded three blocked kicks and had one sack … Made a career-high 19 tackles with one sack in the win over #11 Georgetown … Block a punt, which was return for a touchdown, in consecutive weeks against Cumberland and Bethel … Added a block field goal and a forced fumble against Pikeville and with 11 tackles … Closed out the season with 12 tackles and a pair of break-ups against Campbellsville.

As a Freshman (2021) … 2x MSC Player of the Week (9/4, 11/15) … Played in all ten games … Recorded 35 tackles (22 solo), three interceptions … Had eight multi-tackle games, including a career-high 13 tackles against Lindsey Wilson … Notched a pick-six against Kentucky Christian in the opener … Add a pair of interceptions against Florida Memorial … Recovered a fumble on a muffed punt against the Blue Raiders.
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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2020Freshman

    F
    6'0" 190 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2021Freshman

    FS
    5'11" 190 lbs
    24
  • 6

    2022Sophomore

    FS
    6'0" 195 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Junior

    FS
    5'11" 195 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2024Senior

    FS
    6'0" 195 lbs
    6