Texas A&M Aggies · S RoomS

#4 Tawfiq Byard

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  Colorado (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'1" · 195 lbHometown  Hyattsville, MD · DeMatha Catholic

Depth-chart placement

Current role

SS2

Placement

Backup

Room

Safety

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Tawfiq Byard holds the SS · Backup spot in Texas A&M Aggies’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterDalton BrooksStarter

FS · StarterMarcus RatcliffeStarter

NB · StarterJordan ShawStarter

SS · BackupTawfiq ByardBackup

FS · BackupMyles DavisBackup

NB · BackupBryce AndersonBackup

Transfer history

2026Colorado→Texas A&M Aggies

Background & career

Tawfiq Byard is a safety from Hyattsville, Maryland who attended DeMatha Catholic High School. Standing 6'1" and weighing 195 pounds, Byard was a three-star recruit in the 2023 class with a rating of 0.8492. He previously played at Colorado before transferring to Texas A&M, where he competes as a redshirt junior.

South Florida2023 – 2024

Colorado2025

Texas A&M2026 — present

Previous schoolColoradoRecruiting3-star · No. 1437 nationalOriginHyattsville, MD · DeMatha Catholic