Richard Ellen Byrd (born March 20, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a nose tackle for five seasons with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1985 to 1989.
Richard Byrd played football for Jim Hill High School. Byrd played collegiately for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. He earned All-South Independent second-team honors in 1983 and first-team honors in 1984.
He spent five years in the NFL on the Houston Oilers, who selected him in the second round of the 1985 NFL draft.