Player Dossier

2019-2024

Memphis

Julian Barnett

DB • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Julian Barnett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

19

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Michigan State • Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Player Story

Julian Barnett built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 2, spending time with Memphis and Michigan State. The clearest part of Julian Barnett's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9724

Belleville · Belleville, MI

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Julian Barnett, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis. Julian Barnett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
43
TFL
2.5
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Julian Barnett quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · DB
Career Tackles
43
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Memphis
Top game
South Florida
Recruit profile
4-star · Belleville · Michigan State
High school pipeline
Belleville · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
1 tackles · DB 924th (top 95%) · American Athletic 588th (top 90%) · National 5,482nd (top 90%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan State102-0--034
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State33-0--036.7
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis570.50.5--013.3
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis46-0--038.4
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis92420-2038.8
2024 Regular SeasonMemphis21-0-1021.7

Related Context

Julian Barnett played DB for Michigan State and Memphis. Across 6 tracked seasons, Julian Barnett recorded 19 rushing yards, 182 receiving yards, and 43 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Memphis paired 4 primary output with 15.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Memphis.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Memphis

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

7.1

Usage

0.6

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Alabama: 0. Florida State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

10 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 9/14@ Florida StateW 20-1200001
Sat 8/31vs North AlabamaW 40-010000

Player Story

Julian Barnett story

Julian Barnett built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 2, spending time with Memphis and Michigan State. The clearest part of Julian Barnett's career was his defensive production: 43 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 rushing yards, 182 receiving yards, and 129 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Julian Barnett'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

    Michigan State

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Memphis

    2021-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan State00.80.2
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State04.20.70
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis17.91.61
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis06.31.1-1
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis415.63.44
2024 Regular SeasonMemphis17.10.6-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Florida

Week 10 · W 59-50 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#2

@ North Texas

Week 9 · W 45-42 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

49.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.4 takeover score.

#3

vs UTSA

Week 4 · L 28-31

1

Havoc Plays

47.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 3 · W 20-12

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Bethune-Cookman

Week 1 · W 56-14

1

Havoc Plays

20 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Memphis

4 primary output · 15.6 efficiency · 3.4 usage

38.8

#2

2022 Regular Season · Memphis

38.4

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Michigan State

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games