{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{BLP more citations needed|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Byron Darby | number = 94, 72 | position = Defensive end | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|6|4}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 260 | high_school = Inglewood {{avoid wrap| (Inglewood, California)}} | college = USC | draftyear = 1983 | draftround = 5 | draftpick = 120 | pastteams = * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1983|1986}}) * Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1987|1988}}) * Los Angeles Rams (1989)* * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1989}}) | statlabel1 = Sacks | statvalue1 = 13.5 | pfr = DarbBy20 }}
'''Byron Keith Darby ''' (born June 4, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and tight End in the National Football League (NFL).
He played college football for the USC Trojans.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hofmann |first1=Rich |title=Darby Crosses Line, Becomes Tight End |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-darby-crosses-li/180791143/ |access-date=10 September 2025 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=13 November 1986 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=108 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In the 1983 NFL draft, he was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eagles sign up Edgar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-advertiser-eagles-sign-up/180791253/ |access-date=10 September 2025 |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |date=26 May 1983 |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |page={{nobr|D-2}} |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Playing for the Eagles for four years, he was released from his contract in 1987.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hofmann |first1=Rich |title=Birds Agree to Darby's Release Request |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-birds-agree-to-d/180791066/ |access-date=10 September 2025 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=1 August 1987 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=43 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
That year he signed with the Indianapolis Colts as a free agent, and in 1989 signed with Los Angeles Rams.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rams ink defensive end Bryon Darby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-rams-ink-defensive/180791363/ |access-date=10 September 2025 |work=Staten Island Advance |date=18 March 1989 |location=Staten Island, New York |page=C4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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