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Player Dossier
2024-2025Illinois
Joe Barna
LB • 6'4" • 265 lbs • Wheaton, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joe Barna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Joe Barna built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 43, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Joe Barna's career was his defensive production: 35...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Joe Barna, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. Joe Barna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 35
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Joe Barna quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Wheaton North · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Wheaton North · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · LB 582nd (top 46%) · Big Ten 243rd (top 31%) · National 2,041st (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 26.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 43.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43.8 |
Related Context
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Joe Barna played LB for Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Joe Barna recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Illinois paired 7 primary output with 17 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 17 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Illinois
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
17
Usage
5.2
Consistency
14.8
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. Tennessee: 2. Western Illinois: 0. Western Michigan: 2. Indiana: 2. Purdue: 1. Ohio State: 0. Rutgers: 0. Maryland: 0. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 4 by 36.7. Western Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 1 by 24.2. Indiana: 6 by 45. Purdue: 2 by 18.3. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.3 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
Indiana
Best efficiency game
45 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | vs TennesseeSplash game | W 30-28 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs Northwestern | W 20-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Maryland | W 24-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Rutgers | W 35-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ohio State | L 16-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Purdue | W 43-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ IndianaSplash game | L 10-63 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Western MichiganSplash game | W 38-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Western Illinois | W 52-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Joe Barna story
Joe Barna built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 43, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Joe Barna's career was his defensive production: 35 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Joe Barna's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 3 | 13.2 | 4.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 7 | 17 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 17 | 5.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 1 Indiana
Week 4 · L 10-63 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 1 · W 45-0
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Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 19 Tennessee
Week 1 · W 30-28 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 78 Western Michigan
Week 3 · W 38-0
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Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 90 Purdue
Week 6 · W 43-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
43 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Illinois
7 primary output · 17 efficiency · 5.2 usage
43.8
#2
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
43.8
7 primary · 17 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Illinois
26.4
3 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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