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Robert Barnes

LB · Colorado · Sr. · #20

Colorado 2022 alumnus

This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Robert Barnes

LB · Colorado · Sr · #20

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

Recruit

★★★★

#92 national

CFB

College

Colorado

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2022

2 coaches

2021

Karl Dorrell

Colorado

2022

Mike Sanford Jr.

Colorado

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Karl Dorrell → Mike Sanford Jr.. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Colorado1-11HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Colorado	36	19	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2021	Colorado	41	31	3.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		77	50	5.5	0.5	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 20–13

vs California

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

How he plays

Play style

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jamal Morris’s 2022 season.

Jamal Morris

87%match

Houston · 2022

Jay Higgins

Iowa · 2022

86%

Jake Hansen

Illinois · 2021

83%

Jordan Fox

Stanford · 2021

83%

Trenilyas Tatum

Georgia Tech · 2022

80%

Matches Jamal on

Tackle volume

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jamal Morris's junior season at Houston (2022).

Jamal Morris

92%match

Houston · 2022

Jarrett Jerrels

Florida Atlantic · 2023

89%

Jay Higgins

Iowa · 2022

Consensus All-American

89%

Desmyn Baker

Western Kentucky · 2023

87%

Kerion Martin

Marshall · 2023

86%

Matches Jamal on

Tackle volume

Solo tackle rate

Weight