Player Dossier

2009-2013

Ohio State

C.J. Barnett

DB • 6'0" • Dayton, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

C.J. Barnett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

C.J. Barnett built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a defensive back from Dayton, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of C.J. Barnett's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.953

Northmont · Clayton, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

C.J. Barnett, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Ohio State. C.J. Barnett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

C.J. Barnett quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 8 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · Ohio State
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
4-star · Northmont · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Northmont · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2013

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2010 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2011 Regular SeasonOhio State20-0--056.7
2012 Regular SeasonOhio State20-0--056.7
2013 PostseasonOhio State40-0--073.3
2013 Regular SeasonOhio State40-0--073.3

Related Context

C.J. Barnett is listed as a DB for Ohio State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

Ohio State paired 4 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

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

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2013 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 1. Penn State: 1. Illinois: 1. Michigan State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

20 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 1/4vs ClemsonL 35-401
Sun 12/8@ Michigan StateL 24-341
Sat 11/16@ IllinoisW 60-351
Sun 10/27vs Penn StateW 63-141

Player Story

C.J. Barnett story

C.J. Barnett built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a defensive back from Dayton, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of C.J. Barnett's career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 8 career games in the available record. That gives C.J. Barnett's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011201220132013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2010 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2011 Regular SeasonOhio State2202
2012 Regular SeasonOhio State2200
2013 PostseasonOhio State4202
2013 Regular SeasonOhio State4200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan State

Week 5 · L 7-10 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Miami

Week 3 · L 6-24

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Michigan

Week 13 · W 26-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Purdue

Week 8 · W 29-22 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Clemson

Week 1 · L 35-40 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · Ohio State

4 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2013 Regular Season · Ohio State

73.3

4 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Ohio State

56.7

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games