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Wofford Highlights (2007-10): Appeared in 35 games the last three seasons for the Terriers after sitting out the 2007 campaign as a redshirt ... Wofford won Southern Conference championships in three of his seasons with the program (2007, ’08 and ’10) Credited with 27 stops as a junior — two of those came behind the line — while helping WC finish 10-3 en route to an appearance in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs ... Was second on the squad with three interceptions, adding a pass defensed and a forced fumble ... Posted 18 total tackles in eleven games his sophomore season ... Made a season-high five tackles against Samford, adding three solo stops at Chattanooga and three total tackles at Western Carolina ... Credited with had two stops and forced a fumble at Wisconsin ... Collected nine stops as a redshirt freshman in 2008 as the Terriers would up 9-3 after advancing to the NCAA FCS playoffs.

High School Highlights: A three-year starter and letterwinner at free safety for Cary High ... Recorded 228 tackles — including 140 unassisted — and nine interceptions in his career ... Twice named first team all-conference ... Was a team captain his senior year, helping the Imps to the second round of the state playoffs and a 10-3 record despite missing half the season due to injury ... Part of a CHS squad that posted an 11-3 mark and won the conference title his junior year ... Paced the Imps with five interceptions as a sophomore and four as a junior ... Was the only sophomore to start on defense in 2004 ... Also lettered in track.

Personal: Full name is Byron Coleman Hornaday ... Born June 22, 1988, in The Woodlands, Calif. ... Son of Byron and Kim Hornaday ... Uncle, Mike Vogel, lettered in football for Texas in 1977, while his cousin, Scott Vogel, was a football letterwinner at Memphis from 2001-04 ... Favorite movie is “Clear and Present Danger” ... Favorite book is “Wooden” ... Favorite team is the Carolina Panthers ... Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter ... Favorite musician is Eric Church ... Favorite food is pasta ... Would like to eventually become a professional trainer ... Also recruited by Virginia, Duke and Memphis ... A public administration major.