Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Illinois
Tarique Barnes
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tarique Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Tarique Barnes built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Memphis, TN wearing No. 8, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Tarique Barnes' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- James Madison
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Tarique Barnes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois. Tarique Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 182
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Tarique Barnes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 182
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Catholic Memorial · James Madison
- High school pipeline
- Catholic Memorial · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · LB 503rd (top 41%) · Big Ten 174th (top 29%) · National 1,661st (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 24 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 41.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 70.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 40 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 25.9 |
Related Context
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Tarique Barnes played LB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tarique Barnes recorded 182 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Illinois paired 16 primary output with 41.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
17.1
Usage
5.7
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 4. Kansas: 1. Penn State: 0. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Minnesota: 0. Indiana: 0. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 7 by 69.2. Kansas: 2 by 18.3. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Toledo
Best efficiency game
69.2 vs Toledo
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northwestern | L 43-45 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Iowa | L 13-15 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Indiana | W 48-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Minnesota | W 27-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Wisconsin | L 21-25 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Purdue | L 19-44 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Penn State | L 13-30 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/8 | @ Kansas | L 23-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs ToledoSplash game | W 30-28 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tarique Barnes story
Tarique Barnes built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Memphis, TN wearing No. 8, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Tarique Barnes' career was his defensive production: 182 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Tarique Barnes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 3.5 | 33.8 | 8.8 | 3.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 16 | 41.1 | 9.9 | 12.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 12.5 | 26.5 | 6.7 | -3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 17.1 | 5.7 | -7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 13 · W 47-14 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Wisconsin
Week 8 · L 7-45 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Toledo
Week 1 · W 30-28
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 6 · L 0-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 6 · W 9-6 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
16 primary output · 41.1 efficiency · 9.9 usage
70.6
#2
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
54.9
12.5 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Illinois
41.2
3.5 primary · 33.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
8
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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