Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025West Virginia
Grayson Barnes
TE • 6'4" • 223 lbs • Rocklin, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Grayson Barnes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois • West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Grayson Barnes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a tight end from Rocklin, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Northern Illinois and West Virginia. The clearest part of Grayson Barnes' career was...
Read the storyGrayson Barnes, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Grayson Barnes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 992
- Receptions
- 75
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Grayson Barnes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 992
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Latest roster
- No. 80 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 232 receiving yards · TE 91st (top 20%) · Big 12 70th (top 28%) · National 556th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 11 | 5 | 105 | 1 | 72.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 11 | 18 | 317 | 4 | 72.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 13 | 6 | 57 | 2 | 58.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 25 | 281 | 2 | 58.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | West Virginia | 9 | 21 | 232 | 2 | 58 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois to West Virginia | G5/FCS to P4 | 77.5 | Apr 19, 2025 |
Grayson Barnes played TE for Northern Illinois and West Virginia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Grayson Barnes recorded -15 rushing yards, 992 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Northern Illinois paired 422 primary output with 86.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 70.1 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, West Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
25.8
Efficiency
70.1
Usage
12.5
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Robert Morris: 37. Ohio: 2. Pittsburgh: 58. Kansas: 20. BYU: 15. TCU: 25. Colorado: 20. Arizona State: 26. Texas Tech: 29
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. Robert Morris: 3 by 82.2. Ohio: 1 by 13.3. Pittsburgh: 5 by 77.3. Kansas: 3 by 44.4. BYU: 1 by 100. TCU: 3 by 55.6. Colorado: 1 by 100. Arizona State: 3 by 57.8. Texas Tech: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins38.3 · Games = 3 · +18.8 vs Losses
Losses19.5 · Games = 6 · -18.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
100 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Texas Tech | L 0-49 | — | 1 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Arizona State | L 23-25 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Colorado | W 29-22 | — | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs TCU | L 17-23 | — | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ BYU | L 24-38 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Kansas | L 10-41 | — | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Pittsburgh | W 31-24 | — | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 11.60 | 1 | 34 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Ohio | L 10-17 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Robert Morris | W 45-3 | — | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 0 | 20 |
Player Story
Grayson Barnes story
Grayson Barnes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a tight end from Rocklin, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Northern Illinois and West Virginia. The clearest part of Grayson Barnes' career was his receiving role: 75 catches, 992 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 1 tackle and 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois and West Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Grayson Barnes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2023-2024
Opening stop
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West Virginia
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 422 | 86.7 | 13 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 422 | 86.7 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 338 | 58.6 | 14.5 | -84 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 338 | 58.6 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | West Virginia | 232 | 70.1 | 12.5 | -106 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arkansas State
Week 1 · W 21-19 · Postseason
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
95.9 takeover
105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Western Illinois
Week 1 · W 54-15
95
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
95 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 3 · W 31-24
58
Receiving Yards
84.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
58 receiving yards with a 77.3 efficiency score.
#4
@ Fresno State
Week 1 · W 28-20 · Postseason
57
Receiving Yards
74.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
57 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 7 · W 23-13 · Conference game
66
Receiving Yards
69.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois
422 primary output · 86.7 efficiency · 13 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
72.8
422 primary · 86.7 efficiency · 13 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois
58.7
338 primary · 58.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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