Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Arkansas State
Brandon Barnes
S • 6'1" • 183 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Arkansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Brandon Barnes built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Dallas, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Brandon Barnes' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Brandon Barnes, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State. Brandon Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 75
- TFL
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Brandon Barnes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arkansas State · S
- Career Tackles
- 75
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Skyline · Arkansas State
- High school pipeline
- Skyline · 60 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · S 53rd (top 10%) · Sun Belt 35th (top 6%) · National 293rd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Arkansas State | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Arkansas State | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 57 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 13 | 62 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 |
Related Context
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Brandon Barnes played S for Arkansas State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brandon Barnes recorded 75 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arkansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Arkansas State paired 6.5 primary output with 26.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 7.3 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: Old Dominion
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Arkansas State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
7.3
Usage
1.4
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Old Dominion
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 0. Texas State: 0. Georgia State: 0. Old Dominion: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Old Dominion
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs Old Dominion
Player Story
Brandon Barnes story
Brandon Barnes built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Dallas, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Brandon Barnes' career was his defensive production: 75 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Arkansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Brandon Barnes' production has multiple signals. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon 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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Arkansas State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Arkansas State | 0 | 7.3 | 1.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 0 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Arkansas State | 6.5 | 26.8 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 6.5 | 26.8 | 6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 94 Southern Miss
Week 11 · L 21-27 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 53 Arkansas
Week 2 · L 14-56
0.5
Havoc Plays
53.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 111 App State
Week 14 · W 30-29 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 33 Iowa State
Week 3 · L 16-24
0.5
Havoc Plays
45.6 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 9 · W 34-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
41.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
6.5 primary output · 26.8 efficiency · 6 usage
57
#2
2025 Regular Season · Arkansas State
57
6.5 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 6 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Arkansas State
39.5
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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