Defensive end, Tennessee, 2014–16
Derek Barnett
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Nashville, TN
- Born
- Jun 25, 1996, in Nashville, Tennessee
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Derek Barnett played defensive end at Tennessee (2014–16). He was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The Philadelphia Eagles took Barnett in the first round, No. 14 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
3sacks, career highat South Carolina, 2016Honors
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tot | TFL | Sacks | |
| 2014 | 73 | 20.5 | 10 |
| 2015 | 69 | 12.5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 56 | 19 | 13 |
| Career | 198 | 52 | 33 |
From the college statistics table in Barnett’s Wikipedia article (Derek Barnett, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Tennessee 13 games, 56 tackles, 13 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. App State | W 20–13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 45–24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Ohio | W 28–19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Florida | W 38–28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | at Georgia | W 34–31 | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Texas A&M | L 38–45 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Alabama | L 10–49 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at South Carolina | L 21–24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Tennessee Tech | W 55–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Kentucky | W 49–36 | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Missouri | W 63–37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Vanderbilt | L 34–45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Nebraska | W 38–24 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3″ | |
| Weight | 259 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| Wingspan | 76⅞″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.88 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.70 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′9″ | |
| Bench press | 20 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.96 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.44 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 102 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 30 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 43 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | Houston Texans | 7 | 19 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2024 | Houston Texans | 15 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | Houston Texans | 16 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Cleveland Browns | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 102 | 204 | 34 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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