Player Dossier

2015-2018

Utah

Cody Barton

LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cody Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Utah

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Utah
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Player Story

Cody Barton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 30, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Cody Barton's career was his defensive production: 224...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9802

Longview · Longview, TX

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 24
Overall
No. 88
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Cody Barton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Utah. Cody Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
224
TFL
24
Sacks
9
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Cody Barton quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah · LB
Career Tackles
224
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Utah
Top game
Colorado
Recruit profile
4-star · Longview · Alabama
High school pipeline
Longview · 32 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 3 · Pick 24 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
117 tackles · LB 23rd (top 2%) · Pac-12 5th (top 1%) · National 26th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonUtah00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonUtah9668.51-3051.2
2017 PostseasonUtah103-0--035.1
2017 Regular SeasonUtah103844-1035.1
2018 PostseasonUtah1480.50.5--079.1
2018 Regular SeasonUtah14109113.536079.1

Related Context

Cody Barton played LB for Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cody Barton recorded 224 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Utah.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Utah paired 25.5 primary output with 52.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 52.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · Utah

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.8

Efficiency

52.7

Usage

12.8

Consistency

63.8

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 1. Weber State: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 2. Washington: 0.5. Washington State: 3. Stanford: 2. Arizona: 3. USC: 1. UCLA: 2. Arizona State: 0.5. Oregon: 4. Colorado: 3.5. BYU: 1.5. Washington: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 8 by 43.3. Weber State: 3 by 17.5. Northern Illinois: 13 by 70. Washington: 11 by 50.8. Washington State: 3 by 42.5. Stanford: 8 by 53.3. Arizona: 8 by 63.3. USC: 8 by 43.3. UCLA: 7 by 49.2. Arizona State: 12 by 55. Oregon: 11 by 85.8. Colorado: 8 by 68.3. BYU: 5 by 35.8. Washington: 12 by 60

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.2 · Games = 9 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · -1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon

Best efficiency game

85.8 vs Oregon

Result
Tue 1/1vs NorthwesternL 20-31870.500.500
Sat 12/1@ Washington10+ tacklesL 3-10128000
Sun 11/25vs BYUW 35-27510.5001
Sat 11/17@ ColoradoSplash gameW 30-7862.5010
Sat 11/10vs Oregon10+ tackles · Splash gameW 32-25116310
Sat 11/3@ Arizona State10+ tacklesL 20-381280.5000
Sat 10/27@ UCLASplash gameW 41-10730011
Sun 10/21vs USCW 41-2882001
Sat 10/13vs ArizonaSplash gameW 42-1085111
Sun 10/7@ StanfordSplash gameW 40-2187101
Sat 9/29@ Washington StateSplash gameL 24-28310.500.501
Sun 9/16vs Washington10+ tacklesL 7-211180.5000
Sat 9/8@ Northern Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameW 17-6136100
Fri 8/31vs Weber StateW 41-10310.5000

Player Story

Cody Barton story

Cody Barton built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 30, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Cody Barton's career was his defensive production: 224 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 1 interception across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Utah. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Cody Barton's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah.

The arc is straightforward: Cody Barton moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Utah

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUtah0
2016 Regular SeasonUtah12.540.79.212.5
2017 PostseasonUtah926.18.3-3.5
2017 Regular SeasonUtah926.18.30
2018 PostseasonUtah25.552.712.816.5
2018 Regular SeasonUtah25.552.712.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Colorado

Week 13 · W 34-13 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Oregon

Week 11 · W 32-25 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

95.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 8 · W 52-45 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

91.4 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Colorado

Week 12 · W 30-7 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Arizona

Week 7 · W 42-10 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Utah

25.5 primary output · 52.7 efficiency · 12.8 usage

79.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Utah

79.1

25.5 primary · 52.7 efficiency · 12.8 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Utah

51.2

12.5 primary · 40.7 efficiency · 9.2 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

13

Splash games

8

10+ tackle games