Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Michigan
AJ Barner
TE • 6'6" • 251 lbs • Aurora, OH, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
AJ Barner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Indiana • Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
AJ Barner built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a tight end from Aurora, OH wearing No. 89, spending time with Indiana and Michigan. The clearest part of AJ Barner's career was his receiving role: 63...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 21
- Overall
- No. 121
- NFL Team
- Seattle Seahawks
AJ Barner, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana. AJ Barner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 604
- Receptions
- 63
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
AJ Barner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 604
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Indiana
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Northwest · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Northwest · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 4 · Pick 21 · Seattle Seahawks
- Latest roster
- No. 89 · Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 249 receiving yards · TE 82nd (top 19%) · Big Ten 49th (top 22%) · National 541st (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Indiana | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Indiana | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Indiana | 9 | 14 | 162 | 1 | 46.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Indiana | 10 | 27 | 193 | 3 | 61.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan | 10 | 22 | 249 | 1 | 62.6 |
Related Context
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AJ Barner played TE for Indiana and Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, AJ Barner recorded 604 receiving yards, 9 tackles, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Indiana paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 51.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 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 Indiana, Michigan.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
19.3
Efficiency
51.2
Usage
19.2
Consistency
54.6
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 25. Idaho: 57. Western Kentucky: 4. Cincinnati: 12. Nebraska: 23. Rutgers: 5. Penn State: 24. Ohio State: 8. Michigan State: 24. Purdue: 11
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. Illinois: 4 by 41.7. Idaho: 3 by 100. Western Kentucky: 2 by 13.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 80. Nebraska: 3 by 51.1. Rutgers: 4 by 8.3. Penn State: 2 by 80. Ohio State: 4 by 13.3. Michigan State: 1 by 100. Purdue: 3 by 24.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27.5 · Games = 4 · +13.7 vs Losses
Losses13.8 · Games = 6 · -13.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Idaho
Best efficiency game
100 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Purdue | L 16-30 | — | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 3.70 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Michigan State | W 39-31 | — | 1 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Ohio State | L 14-56 | — | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Penn State | L 14-45 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Rutgers | L 17-24 | — | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Nebraska | L 21-35 | — | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Cincinnati | L 24-45 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Western Kentucky | W 33-30 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun 9/11 | vs Idaho | W 35-22 | — | 3 | 57 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 43 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Illinois | W 23-20 | — | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 8 |
Player Story
AJ Barner story
AJ Barner built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a tight end from Aurora, OH wearing No. 89, spending time with Indiana and Michigan. The clearest part of AJ Barner's career was his receiving role: 63 catches, 604 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 tackles and 13 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives AJ Barner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Indiana
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Indiana | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Indiana | 162 | 46.3 | 14.9 | 162 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Indiana | 193 | 51.2 | 19.2 | 31 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan | 249 | 75.5 | 12.2 | 56 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan State
Week 8 · W 49-0 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
99
Receiving Yards
92.6 takeover
99 receiving yards with a 82.5 efficiency score.
#2
vs Idaho
Week 2 · W 35-22
57
Receiving Yards
87.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
57 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Michigan State
Week 12 · W 39-31 · Conference game
24
Receiving Yards
80.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Idaho
Week 2 · W 56-14
76
Receiving Yards
75.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Minnesota
Week 12 · L 14-35 · Conference game
31
Receiving Yards
69.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 68.9 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Indiana
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2020 Regular Season · Indiana
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Michigan
62.6
249 primary · 75.5 efficiency · 12.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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