Last confirmed: Tennessee, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Nashville, TN · Brentwood Academy
Derek Barnett: DE · Tennessee · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Derek Barnett
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against App State — Week 1, 2016.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 19 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 21
Bleacher Report Oct 19
Knoxville News Sentinel Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tennessee | 56 | 40 | 19.0 | 13.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career | 56 | 40 | 19.0 | 13.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-13vs App State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-24vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-19vs Ohio | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28vs No. 19 Florida | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 34-31@ No. 25 Georgia | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | L 38-45@ No. 8 Texas A&M | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-49vs No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-24@ South Carolina | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 55-0vs Tennessee Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-36vs Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 63-37vs Missouri | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 34-45@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 38-24vs No. 24 Nebraska | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 56 | 40 | 19.0 | 13.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 4 · 2016
W 38-28
vs Florida
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Florida at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
23%13 sacksTFL rate
34%19 TFLHurry rate
29%16 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
45%13 of 29 pressures56 tackles · 19 for loss · 13 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
42.4%
377 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
56 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Tennessee, 13 sacks — drafted at #14 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Butch Jones.
Where he ended up · NFL
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 10th NFL season
Philadelphia EaglesEntering 10th NFL season
