Brody Barnhardt
Brody Barnhardt
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NC State | 23 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 23 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 35–31
vs Virginia
0 TFL · 3 SOLO · 6 TOT
Edged out Virginia at home in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
NC State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · NC State
Returning around him
- 95% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 2 NC State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
NC State · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #45 · 2026 recruiting class #49
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Donovan Adkins’s 2023 season.
Matches Donovan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Markus Boswell's freshman season at Akron (2025).
Matches Markus on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #12083
Peaked at #12083 this season.
Background
AS A FRESHMAN (2024): • Joined the Pack in January of 2024, he did not see action during the season. HIGH SCHOOL: • Played for coach Chad Grier at Providence Day, where he won NC Independent NCISAA state titles in 2021, 2022, 2023. His squad posted a 32-5 record in the three-year span • Career St...