#13

Dennis Barnes

Senior defensive back on UTEP's 2022 roster.

DB · UTEP · Sr. · #13

5′10″ · 170 lb · Jefferson City, MO

CFB Index 35 · #229 of 322 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceUTEP 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 342 nationally · Joined UTEP

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on UTEP's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTEP in 2020.
Transferred from UTEP to UTEP in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UTEP, 117 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20206 games

Signed with UTEP2-star out of Fort Scott C.C.

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202212 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#342 national

CFB

College

UTEP

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Dana Dimel

UTEP

Played his entire career under Dana Dimel.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 15-18 over that span.

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021UTEP7-6HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2022UTEP5-7HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #229 of 322?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#166 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#645 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles#742 / 2755 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2755 · 61st pct

3.0

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.3	0.0	0.7
Road6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	0.1	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #229 of 322 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #229 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UTEP	43	27	3.0	0.0	6	--	--
2021	UTEP	53	40	4.0	1.0	4	2	1
2020	UTEP	21	13	2.0	0.0	5	--	--
Career		117	80	9.0	1.0	15	2	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022

W 27–10

vs Boise State

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 PD

With G. Hardison — 123 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.0 · 20 rush yds (7 car) · J. Sloan — 38 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-31vs North Texas	7	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 1	L 13-45@ Oklahoma	2	1	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 20-13vs New Mexico State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-27@ New Mexico	7	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-10vs Boise State	4	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	W 41-35@ Charlotte	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 31-41@ Louisiana Tech	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Florida Atlantic	4	4	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 13-24vs Middle Tennessee	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 30-37@ Rice	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 40-6vs Florida International	2	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 31-34@ UTSA	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		43	27	3.0	—	6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology