Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 8-34@ Virginia | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 73-0vs Richmond | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#29
Brody Barnhardt
Junior safety on NC State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Cornelius, NC · Providence Day School
Returning to NC State for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 854 nationally · Signed with NC State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on NC State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2024.
Brody Barnhardt
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the NC State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Virginia, Week 1, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with NC State3-star out of Providence Day School
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
NC State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Dave Doeren — 9-6 over that span.
2025NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced
2026NC State1-1HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 73–0
vs Richmond
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
NC State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · NC State
Returning around him
- 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 #32 · 2026 recruiting class #49
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Donovan Adkins’s 2023 season.
Matches Donovan on
Height
TFL rate
Tackle volume
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
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Brody Barnhardt
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...
The secondary · NC State
- #6Asaad Brown Jr.64 tackles · 2025
- #4King Mack58 tackles · 2025
- #2Ronnie Royal III49 tackles · 2025
- #22Jackson Vick45 tackles · 2025
- #29Brody Barnhardt23 tackles · 2025
18 more on the roster · NC State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology