Player Dossier

2018-2022

Marshall

Damion Barber

DL • 6'3" • 285 lbs • Harrisburg, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Damion Barber shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Penn State • Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Player Story

Damion Barber built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Harrisburg, PA wearing No. 89, spending time with Marshall and Penn State. The clearest part of Damion Barber's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8988

Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Damion Barber, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Marshall. Damion Barber shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
2
Sacks
2
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Damion Barber quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · DL
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Marshall
Top game
Troy
Recruit profile
4-star · Harrisburg · Penn State
High school pipeline
Harrisburg · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 89 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DL 346th (top 36%) · Sun Belt 215th (top 34%) · National 1,936th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State23-0--037.5
2022 PostseasonMarshall110-0--149.8
2022 Regular SeasonMarshall11192221049.8

Related Context

Damion Barber played DL for Penn State and Marshall. Across 3 tracked seasons, Damion Barber recorded 22 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Marshall paired 8 primary output with 15.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Marshall.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2022 Postseason · Marshall

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

15.4

Usage

3.9

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UConn: 1. Norfolk State: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Bowling Green: 2. Troy: 2. James Madison: 1. Coastal Carolina: 1. Old Dominion: 0. App State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Georgia State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Norfolk State: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 1 by 14.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 28.3. Troy: 4 by 36.7. James Madison: 0 by 10. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. App State: 4 by 16.7. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 8 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Troy

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Troy

Result
Mon 12/19@ UConnW 28-141
Sat 11/26vs Georgia StateW 28-2310000
Sat 11/19@ Georgia SouthernW 23-10
Sat 11/12vs App StateW 28-2140000
Sat 11/5@ Old DominionW 12-010000
Sat 10/29vs Coastal CarolinaL 13-2441000
Sat 10/22@ James MadisonW 26-1200000
Sat 9/24@ TroySplash gameL 7-1642110
Sat 9/17@ Bowling GreenSplash gameL 31-3421110
Sat 9/10@ Notre DameW 26-2111001
Sat 9/3vs Norfolk StateW 55-321000

Player Story

Damion Barber story

Damion Barber built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Harrisburg, PA wearing No. 89, spending time with Marshall and Penn State. The clearest part of Damion Barber's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Damion Barber's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Penn State

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Marshall

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State06.30.80
2022 PostseasonMarshall815.43.98
2022 Regular SeasonMarshall815.43.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Troy

Week 4 · L 7-16 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Bowling Green

Week 3 · L 31-34

2

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 9 · L 13-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

39.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

#4

@ UConn

Week 1 · W 28-14 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#5

@ James Madison

Week 8 · W 26-12 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

25.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Marshall

8 primary output · 15.4 efficiency · 3.9 usage

49.8

#2

2022 Regular Season · Marshall

49.8

8 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 3.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Penn State

37.5

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games