Chad Boyd Class: Senior Hometown: Westwego, La. High School: Archbishop Shaw HS Height / Weight: 5-11 / 200 Position: DB Birthdate: 01/24/1991 Experience: 3L

2012 Second Team All-WAC
2012 Jim Thorpe Award Watch List
2011 Secondd Team All-WAC

2012: A second team All-WAC selection that record 52 total tackles (34 solo, 18 assisted) on th eyear with one interception returned for 10 yards and seven pass break-ups ... Registered six total tackles (three solo, three assisted) and was credited with a pass break-up in a 56-49 win at Houston (9/8) ... Recorded seven total tackles (five solo, two assisted) against Rice (9/15) while also being credited with a pass break-up ... Recorded seven total tackles (four solo, three assisted) in a 52-24 win at Illinois (9/22) ... Registered three tackles and two pass break-ups in a 44-38 win at Virginia (9/29) ... Credited with three total tackles and a solo tackle for a loss of one yard in a 58-31 win over UNLV (10/6) ... Recorded four solo tackles, including one for a loss of three yards, and was credited with a pass break-up against No. 22 Texas A&M (10/13) ... Made three total tackles and was credited with a pass break-up against Idaho (10/20) ... Led the team with seven total tackles (five solo, two assisted) at New Mexico State (10/27) while intercepting a pass and returning it 10 yards and was credited with a pass break-up ... Credited with five total tackles (four solo, one assisted) against UTSA (11/3) ... Matched that performance the following week at Texas State (11/10) with a five-tackle game ... Made two tackles (one solo, one assisted) against Utah State (11/17) ... Did not play in the San Jose State (11/24) game due to a shoulder injury.

2011: A 2011 second team All-WAC selection ... Finished the year with 76 total tackles (40 solo and 36 assisted) with three tackles for a loss of seven yards, one fumble recovered for 33 yards and a touchdown, three interceptions returned for 26 yards and six pass break-ups ... Recorded five total tackles at Southern Miss (9/3) with two solo stops and three assisted tackles ... Led the team with 10 total tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss in Tech's 48-42 overtime win over Central Arkansas (9/10) ... Tallied three assisted tackles at Mississippi State (9/24) as Tech fell in overtime, 26-20 ... Recorded six total tackles, including one for a loss of one yard, and one pass break-up against Hawai'i (10/1) ... Tallied four total tackles at Idaho (10/8) with one pass break-up ... Recorded eight total tackles (three solo, five assisted) at Utah State (10/22) ... Tallied five total tackles against San Jose State (10/29) while recording one of the team's four interceptions and getting credited with a pass break-up ... Registered six solo tackles at Fresno State (11/5) ... At Ole Miss (11/12), became the first Tech player since 2001 to return a fumble recovery for a touchdown while he also recorded five tackles and was credited wtih two pass break-ups in a 27-7 win over the SEC opponent ... Matched a season-best 10 tackles in Tech's 24-20 win at Nevada (11/19), ending the Wolf Pack's 16-game home winning streak ... Became the first Tech player to record multiple interceptions in a game since last year with two picks to complement his three total tackles in a 44-0 rout over New Mexico State (11/26) to clinch a WAC Championship ...

2010: A second team all-Louisiana selection that started in 11 of the 12 games he played in ... Recorded 80 tackles on the year, 38 solo and 42 assisted ... Led the team and was ranked 33rd in the nation with four interceptions, returning them for a total of 76 yards ... Recorded one tackle for a loss of one yard, credited with four pass break-ups and recovered one fumble for six yards ... Made four tackles against Grambling (9/4) while also making his first career interception, returning the pick 46 yards ... Recorded five tackles at Texas A&M (9/11) and was credited with one pass break-up ... Made eight tackles against Navy (9/18) including five solo stops, one solo tackle for a loss of one yard and one interception ... Recorded six total tackles against Southern Miss (9/25) ... Registered seven total stops at Hawai'i (10/2) with five solo tackles and two assisted tackles while recovering one fumble for a return of six yards ... Matched a season-high eight tackles against Utah State (10/9) while also being credited with one pass break-up ... Recorded four total tackles - three solo - at No. 2 Boise State (10/26) ... Recorded a career-high 11 tackles against Fresno State (11/6) including three solo stops and eight assisted tackles ... Recorded five total tackles and a career-best two pass break-ups at New Mexico State (11/13) along with returning one interception for 30 yards before leaving the game on a stretcher due to a neck injury ... Recorded his fourth career interception to seal Tech's win at San Jose State (11/27) as he led the team with seven total tackles and a career-best six solo stops just two weeks after leaving the New Mexico State game in an ambulance for a neck injury ... Recorded 10 total tackles against No. 14 Nevada (12/4) - second on the team - with three solo stops and seven assisted tackles.

2009: True freshman that saw action in nine games, starting in four... Recorded 31 tackles, forced a fumble, recovered a fumble and assisted on a tackle for a loss of two yards... Steadily improved his game, not recording a tackle in his first game played (at Navy, 9/12) to making 10 stops at Nevada (10/9), notching four solo tackles and six assisted stops... Recovered a fumble against Hawai'i (9/30)... Made four tackles in that Hawai'i (9/30) game, one solo and three assisted... Recorded a season-high 10 tackles - four solo and six assisted - at Nevada (10/9)... Notched one solo and one assisted tackle against New Mexico State (10/17)... Made two solo and two assisted tackles against No. 5 Boise State (11/6)... Notched two assisted tackles and getting credit for one pass break-up at No. 9 LSU (11/14)... Suspended for the first half of the following week's game at Fresno State due to a controversial high hit on an LSU receiver, getting credit for one pass-break up at Fresno State... Closed the season against San Jose State (12/5), recording eight total tackles and assisted on a tackle for a loss of two yards while forcing one fumble.

High School: Lettered four years for coach Scott Bairnsfather at Archbishop Shaw High School ... Helped lead the Eagles to three straight Louisiana Class 4A state title games and a 28-2 record over the last two years ... Named the Louisiana Class 4A state Defensive MVP as a senior ... Two-time first team all-state ... Three-time first team all-district ... Ranked as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com ... Ranked as 39th best player in the state of Louisiana and the 83rd best cornerback in the nation by Rivals.com ... Named to the Max Preps All-American Team ... Totaled 126 tackles and five interceptions as a senior ... Recorded 225 career tackles with 12 interceptions and 19 PBU's ... Also ran track for Archbishop Shaw competing in the 100- and 200-meters and the 4x100, and 4x200 relays ... Helped lead Shaw to the regional championship in 2008.

Personal: Full name is Chad Landon Boyd ... Son of Byron and Agnes Boyd ... Has one brother, Jarryd ... Born Jan. 24, 1991 in New Orleans.