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Player Dossier
2017-2020Purdue
Derrick Barnes
LB • 6'1" • 245 lbs • Covington, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derrick Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
89
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Derrick Barnes built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Covington, KY wearing No. 55, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Derrick Barnes' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 8
- Overall
- No. 113
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Derrick Barnes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue. Derrick Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 206
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 10.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Derrick Barnes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · LB
- Career Tackles
- 206
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Holy Cross · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Malcolm X Shabazz · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 4 · Pick 8 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · LB 153rd (top 14%) · Big Ten 16th (top 3%) · National 241st (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 8 | 17 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 72 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 35.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 63 | 11 | 7.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 73.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 6 | 54 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 65.9 |
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Derrick Barnes played LB for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derrick Barnes recorded 206 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Purdue paired 23.5 primary output with 40.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 51.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
51.9
Usage
16
Consistency
71.3
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Illinois: 2. Northwestern: 2.5. Minnesota: 2. Rutgers: 2. Nebraska: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 5 by 20.8. Illinois: 8 by 53.3. Northwestern: 14 by 75. Minnesota: 9 by 57.5. Rutgers: 9 by 57.5. Nebraska: 9 by 47.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
75 vs Northwestern
Player Story
Derrick Barnes story
Derrick Barnes built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Covington, KY wearing No. 55, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Derrick Barnes' career was his defensive production: 206 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Purdue. 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 Derrick Barnes' production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Derrick Barnes 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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Purdue
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 0.5 | 9.5 | 2.1 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 7 | 33.3 | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 23.5 | 40.6 | 13.8 | 16.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 9.5 | 51.9 | 16 | -14 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana
Week 14 · L 41-44 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
97.2 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Boston College
Week 4 · W 30-13
5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Northwestern
Week 11 · L 20-27 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Rutgers
Week 13 · L 30-37 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 12 · L 31-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Purdue
23.5 primary output · 40.6 efficiency · 13.8 usage
73.1
#2
2020 Regular Season · Purdue
65.9
9.5 primary · 51.9 efficiency · 16 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Purdue
35.1
7 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
12
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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