Byers attended Loveland High School, where he participated in basketball, track and played competitive football.

Although Byers arrived at USC as a center, the Trojans already had then-sophomore Ryan Kalil who kept the position for three seasons; as a result, he moved to left guard.

He started the 2006 season as a reserve in the opening game against Arkansas, but suffered a back sprain in subsequent week that required surgery.

[6] Due to the health issues that caused him to miss the 2005 and 2006 seasons, Byers petitioned the NCAA for a "clock-extension waiver".

[3] During the 2008 season, USC head coach Pete Carroll had Byers lecture the entire team on the subprime mortgage crisis.

[9] Undrafted in the 2010 NFL draft, Byers was signed by his former college coach, Pete Carroll, to the Seattle Seahawks on April 30, 2010, but cut before the start of the season.