Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Texas Tech
Zach Barnes
DL • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Loganville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zach Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Zach Barnes built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Loganville, GA wearing No. 52, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Zach Barnes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Zach Barnes, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Zach Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 20
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Zach Barnes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · DL
- Career Tackles
- 20
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Grayson · Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- Grayson · 80 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · DL 468th (top 66%) · Big 12 215th (top 51%) · National 2,865th (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 7 | 11 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 28.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 5 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 60.1 |
Related Context
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Zach Barnes played DL for Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zach Barnes recorded 20 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 6 primary output with 19.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
19.5
Usage
8.6
Consistency
48.7
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 2. Houston: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. Kansas: 0. Baylor: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 4 by 36.7. Houston: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 1 by 34.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Arizona State
Player Story
Zach Barnes story
Zach Barnes built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Loganville, GA wearing No. 52, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Zach Barnes' career was his defensive production: 20 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Zach Barnes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Texas Tech
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 3.5 | 11.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 6 | 19.5 | 8.6 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Baylor
Week 11 · W 38-24 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Arizona State
Week 3 · W 52-45
2
Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 1 · W 69-17
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Baylor
Week 13 · W 54-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
39.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma
Week 8 · L 59-66 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
38.3 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
6 primary output · 19.5 efficiency · 8.6 usage
60.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
28.3
3.5 primary · 11.6 efficiency · 3.5 usage
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2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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