Player Dossier

2019-2023

Illinois

Bryce Barnes

DL • 6'2" • 285 lbs • Gibson City, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bryce Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

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: Kansas

Player Story

Bryce Barnes built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Gibson City, IL wearing No. 48, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Bryce Barnes' career was his defensive...

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Bryce Barnes, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois. Bryce Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
32
TFL
2

Quick Answers

Bryce Barnes quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · DL
Career Tackles
32
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Kansas
Latest roster
No. 48 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
20 tackles · DL 330th (top 34%) · Big Ten 202nd (top 33%) · National 1,940th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois22-0--036.5
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois13-0--043.3
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois57-0--038.6
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois82020--036.8

Related Context

Bryce Barnes played DL for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bryce Barnes recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.9

Usage

1.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Virginia: 0. Iowa: 0. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 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 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 11/26@ NorthwesternW 41-311000
Sat 10/15vs MinnesotaW 26-1410000
Sat 10/8vs IowaW 9-610000
Sat 9/10vs VirginiaW 24-311000
Sat 9/3@ IndianaL 20-2331000

Player Story

Bryce Barnes story

Bryce Barnes built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Gibson City, IL wearing No. 48, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Bryce Barnes' career was his defensive production: 32 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Bryce Barnes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.60
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois012.52.10
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois05.91.20
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois212.93.12

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kansas

Week 2 · L 23-34

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Minnesota

Week 10 · W 27-26 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Maryland

Week 7 · W 27-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

13.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Toledo

Week 1 · W 30-28

0

Havoc Plays

13.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 1 · L 20-23 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

43.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · Illinois

38.6

0 primary · 5.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Illinois

36.8

2 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games