Player Dossier

2013-2015

Duke

Johnell Barnes

WR • 6'0" • Lehigh Acres, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Johnell Barnes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

39

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Player Story

Johnell Barnes built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Lehigh Acres, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Johnell Barnes' career was his receiving role: 72...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.847

Dunbar · Fort Myers, FL

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Johnell Barnes, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Duke. Johnell Barnes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
865
Receptions
72
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Johnell Barnes quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · WR
Career Receiving Yards
865
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
North Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Dunbar · Duke
High school pipeline
Dunbar · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
411 receiving yards · WR 276th (top 29%) · ACC 36th (top 18%) · National 309th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2013 PostseasonDuke10248045.6
2013 Regular SeasonDuke1013169045.6
2014 PostseasonDuke11244145.1
2014 Regular SeasonDuke1121193045.1
2015 Regular SeasonDuke1034411270.2

Related Context

Johnell Barnes played WR for Duke. Across 3 tracked seasons, Johnell Barnes recorded 865 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Duke paired 411 primary output with 74.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 74.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2015 Regular Season · Duke

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

41.1

Efficiency

74.6

Usage

15.1

Consistency

55.7

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 109. North Carolina Central: 56. Northwestern: 15. Georgia Tech: 20. Boston College: 8. Army: 58. Virginia Tech: 47. Miami: 23. North Carolina: 51. Pittsburgh: 24

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. Tulane: 11 by 66.1. North Carolina Central: 2 by 100. Northwestern: 1 by 100. Georgia Tech: 3 by 44.4. Boston College: 1 by 53.3. Army: 2 by 100. Virginia Tech: 5 by 62.7. Miami: 3 by 51.1. North Carolina: 5 by 68. Pittsburgh: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins49.7 · Games = 6 · +21.4 vs Losses
Losses28.3 · Games = 4 · -21.4 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

Tulane

Best efficiency game

100 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 11/14vs PittsburghL 13-311242424024
Sat 11/7@ North CarolinaL 31-6655110.210.20018
Sat 10/31vs MiamiL 27-303237.77.70113
Sat 10/24@ Virginia TechW 45-435479.49.40016
Sat 10/10@ ArmyW 44-32582929038
Sat 10/3vs Boston CollegeW 9-7188808
Sat 9/26vs Georgia TechW 34-203206.76.70010
Sat 9/19vs NorthwesternL 10-191151515015
Sat 9/12vs North Carolina CentralW 55-02562828044
Fri 9/4@ Tulane100 receiving yards · High volumeW 37-7111099.99.90129

Player Story

Johnell Barnes story

Johnell Barnes built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Lehigh Acres, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Johnell Barnes' career was his receiving role: 72 catches, 865 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 360 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Johnell Barnes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2013-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132013201420142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 PostseasonDuke21768.17.3
2013 Regular SeasonDuke21768.17.30
2014 PostseasonDuke23749.910.820
2014 Regular SeasonDuke23749.910.80
2015 Regular SeasonDuke41174.615.1174

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs North Carolina

Week 13 · L 20-45 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

85

Receiving Yards

95.1 takeover

85 receiving yards with a 94.4 efficiency score.

#2

@ Tulane

Week 1 · W 37-7

109

Receiving Yards

88.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

109 receiving yards with a 66.1 efficiency score.

#3

vs Troy

Week 5 · W 38-31

73

Receiving Yards

77.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

73 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ North Carolina

Week 10 · L 31-66 · Conference game

51

Receiving Yards

66 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

51 receiving yards with a 68 efficiency score.

#5

@ Virginia Tech

Week 8 · W 45-43 · Conference game

47

Receiving Yards

64.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 62.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Duke

411 primary output · 74.6 efficiency · 15.1 usage

70.2

#2

2013 Postseason · Duke

45.6

217 primary · 68.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Duke

45.6

217 primary · 68.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games