Linebacker, Purdue, 2017–⁠20

Derrick Barnes

Number: No. 55
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 245 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Covington, KY
Born: May 29, 1999

Derrick Barnes played linebacker at Purdue (2017–⁠20). The Detroit Lions took Barnes in round 4, No. 113 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 72; Tackles, 2018 (Purdue, 6–⁠7)
Drafted: No. 113; Round 4, 2021 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

14tackles, career highvs. Northwestern, 2020 2.5sacks, career highvs. Indiana, 2019

Honors

2020Second-team All-Big Ten

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

7–⁠66–⁠74–⁠82–⁠4

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Purdue	17	11	0.5	0	0	0	0
2018	Purdue	72	47	4	3	0	0	0
2019	Purdue	63	47	11	7.5	0	2	3
2020	Purdue	54	40	5.5	0	1	1	2
Career		206	145	21	10.5	1	3	5

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Purdue	55	LB	Fr.
2018	Purdue	55	LB	So.
2019	Purdue	55	LB	Jr.
2020	Purdue	55	LB	Sr.	6′1″	245

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

2020 Purdue 6 games, 54 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Oct 24	vs.Iowa	W 24–⁠20	5	5	0	0	0
Oct 31	atIllinois	W 31–⁠24	8	3	0	1	0
Nov 14	vs.Northwestern	L 20–⁠27	14	8	2.5	0	0
Nov 20	atMinnesota	L 31–⁠34	9	7	1	0	0
Nov 28	vs.Rutgers	L 30–⁠37	9	9	1	0	1
Dec 5	vs.Nebraska	L 27–⁠37	9	8	1	0	0

2019 Purdue 12 games, 63 tackles, 7.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 30	atNevada	L 31–⁠34	8	6	0.5	0.5	0
Sep 7	vs.Vanderbilt	W 42–⁠24	4	3	1	1	0
Sep 14	vs.TCU	L 13–⁠34	6	3	0	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Minnesota	L 31–⁠38	2	1	0.5	0.5	0
Oct 5	atPenn State	L 7–⁠35	2	2	0	0	1
Oct 12	vs.Maryland	W 40–⁠14	5	4	1	1	0
Oct 19	atIowa	L 20–⁠26	8	3	0.5	0	0
Oct 26	vs.Illinois	L 6–⁠24	5	5	1	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Nebraska	W 31–⁠27	5	3	2	1	1
Nov 9	atNorthwestern	W 24–⁠22	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 23	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠45	6	6	1	1	0
Nov 30	vs.Indiana	L 41–⁠44	10	9	3.5	2.5	0

2018 Purdue 11 games, 72 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 30	vs.Northwestern	L 27–⁠31	6	4	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Eastern Michigan	L 19–⁠20	6	5	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Missouri	L 37–⁠40	13	9	1	1
Sep 22	vs.Boston College	W 30–⁠13	6	6	3	2
Sep 29	atNebraska	W 42–⁠28	7	3	0	0
Oct 13	atIllinois	W 46–⁠7	4	0	0	0
Oct 20	vs.Ohio State	W 49–⁠20	6	4	0	0
Oct 27	atMichigan State	L 13–⁠23	2	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Iowa	W 38–⁠36	5	4	0	0
Nov 17	vs.Wisconsin	L 44–⁠47	9	7	0	0
Nov 24	atIndiana	W 28–⁠21	8	5	0	0

2017 Purdue 8 games, 17 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 8	vs.Ohio	W 44–⁠21	1	1	0
Sep 16	atMissouri	W 35–⁠3	5	3	0
Sep 23	vs.Michigan	L 10–⁠28	3	2	0
Oct 21	atRutgers	L 12–⁠14	3	2	0.5
Oct 28	vs.Nebraska	L 24–⁠25	2	1	0
Nov 4	vs.Illinois	W 29–⁠10	1	1	0
Nov 18	atIowa	W 24–⁠15	1	0	0
Nov 25	vs.Indiana	W 31–⁠24	1	1	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2021 Senior Bowl (National team, won 27–⁠24).

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	6′0⅜″
Weight	238 lb
Arm length	33⅜″
Hand size	9¾″
Wingspan	81⅜″
40-yard dash	4.57 s
10-yard split	1.70 s
Vertical jump	37″
Broad jump	9′11″
Bench press	29 reps
20-yard shuttle	4.32 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 70 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2021	Detroit Lions	16	61	2	0
2022	Detroit Lions	13	42	1	0
2023	Detroit Lions	16	76	1	0
2024	Detroit Lions	3	6	0	0
2025	Detroit Lions	17	78	4	1
2026 (so far)	Detroit Lions	5	27	3	1
NFL career		70	290	11	2

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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