Byron Storer

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1984)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{BLP one source|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Byron Storer

| image =

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| current_team = Green Bay Packers

| position = Assistant special teams coach

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 219

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|5|1}}

| birth_place = Modesto, California, U.S.

| high_school = Central Catholic (Modesto)

| college = California

| undraftedyear = 2007

| pastteams =

| pastcoaching =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 2

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 3

| pfr = StorBy00

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Byron Donald Storer (born May 1, 1984) is an American professional football coach and former fullback who is the assistant special teams coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously coached for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, and Las Vegas Raiders. Storer played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2007 to 2009. He played college football for the California Golden Bears.

Early life

In 2002, Storer graduated from Central Catholic High School in Modesto, California.{{Cite web |title=Byron Storer - Football |url=https://calbears.com/sports/football/roster/byron-storer/3406 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=California Golden Bears Athletics |language=en}}

Playing career

=College=

Storer played at the University of California, Berkeley, and was second-team All-Pac-10 special teams from 2004-2006.

=National Football League=

==Tampa Bay Buccaneers==

Storer signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in May 2007 and started the final three games of the season, finishing with two receptions for three yards.

An exclusive-rights free agent in the 2009 offseason, Storer was re-signed on March 17. He reached an injury settlement with the Buccaneers on May 17 and was placed on injured reserve.

Storer retired after spending the 2008 and 2009 season on injured reserve due to tearing his ACL.

Coaching career

=Tampa Bay Buccaneers=

Storer was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an assistant special teams coach.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kffl.com/player/17310/NFL |title=Coach |access-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126112733/http://www.kffl.com/player/17310/nfl |archive-date=November 26, 2009 |url-status=dead }} Following the Buccaneers 4-12 record for the 2011 season Raheem Morris and his entire coaching staff were fired.

=San Diego Chargers=

In 2012, Storer was hired by the San Diego Chargers as special teams assistant. He was moved to assistant linebackers coach in 2013.

=Oakland Raiders=

In 2018, Storer was hired by the Oakland Raiders as special teams assistant.

=Green Bay Packers=

On February 15, 2022, Storer was hired by the Green Bay Packers as their assistant special teams coach.{{Cite web|title=Packers hire Byron Storer as assistant special teams coach |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-hire-byron-storer-as-assistant-special-teams-coach |website=packers.com |access-date=February 15, 2022 |date=February 15, 2022}}

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