USC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: BYRD HAS A ROLE IN HEISMAN STORY.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Dominique Byrd Dominique Byrd (born February 7, 1984 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American football tight end who plays for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. Early life He grew up in Minnesota and attended Breck School in Golden Valley, Minnesota. might be the answer to a fun trivia question one day. Though he doesn't get any hardware to show for it, Byrd is the only player in college football history to catch passes from two Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach winners and block for another during their award-winning seasons. Byrd, a senior tight end, caught a pass from Carson Palmer Carson Palmer (born December 27, 1979 in Fresno, California), is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He attended the University of Southern California, where he won the Heisman Trophy Award in 2002 in his senior season. in 2002, was one of Matt Leinart's favorite targets last year and helped open up holes this season for Reggie Bush Reginald "Reggie" Bush, birth name: Reginald Alfred Bush II (born March 2, 1985 in San Diego, California), nicknamed 'The Human Highlight Reel' and 'The President', alluding to President Bush, is an American football player who plays for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. , who was awarded college football's most prestigious trophy Saturday night. ``Wow, that's crazy,'' Byrd said. ``I didn't realize that. It's just been a blessing to be part of something so great.'' Byrd and many of his teammates gathered to watch the ceremony on television, seeing Bush win over Leinart and next month's Rose Bowl opponent, quarterback Vince Young Vincent Paul Young, Jr. (born May 18, 1983[1] in Houston, Texas), commonly Vince Young, or "VY", is an American football player. He is a dual-threat quarterback, and the current starting quarterback for the National Football League Tennessee Titans. from Texas. ``It was really good to see how genuine he felt with his emotions, letting it all out,'' said receiver Steve Smith, who was especially happy to see someone from his recruiting class win. Offensive guard Fred Matua is the only other Trojan who blocked for each Heisman winner during their winning seasons. --Off to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Pete Carroll will join Bush in New York for post-Heisman activities today. Carroll was proud of Bush's record margin of victory in the voting. ``I think that's pretty impressive,'' Carroll said. ``People liked his play in comparison to the other guys better than has ever happened before. I think that's an extraordinary accomplishment for Reggie.'' Carroll hadn't yet spoken to Bush as of Sunday afternoon. He said he tried to call Bush but could only get in touch with Leinart, and passed his congratulations on through the quarterback. --Friendly wishes: Darnell Bing had one final message for his former Long Beach Poly High teammate, Marcedes Lewis. In 2002, the tight end chose to attend UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX rather than joining high-school teammates Bing, Winston Justice, Hershel Dennis and Manuel Wright at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . Bing helped hold Lewis to three catches for 30 yards in USC's victory over UCLA on Dec. 3, ensuring that Lewis would never beat his former Poly teammates in college. ``Hopefully he realizes he should have come here with us, the rest of the Fab 5,'' Bing said. --Absences: Patrick Turner and Keith Rivers, both nursing hamstring injuries, missed practice again. Carroll says he doesn't expect them to return for at least another week. Matua missed practice to be with his ill mother, according to Carroll. --Schedule: USC will take some time off for players to finish taking their finals before resuming practice Friday. Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com |
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