Byrd starting comeback

One week after Brian Kelly announced that he had demoted All-American defensive tackle Terrill Byrd to the second team because of his marijuana citation, Byrd already is spending time with the first team.

"He took two snaps (today)," Kelly said. "He's still running with the second group. He had four snaps on Saturday and he had four outstanding snaps. I have to be able to give him more work if he is going to compete at that level because then it's just being punitive to keep him on second team.

"He's got a long way to go before we make him a starter but his work has been outstanding on the field, so I have to be able to reward him with some more snaps. It's only fair. If you tell a kid he's number two and he's making all the plays, how can you justify that by not giving him more work?"