Cornerback, Baylor, 2018–21
Kalon Barnes
- Number
- No. 12
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 186 lb
- Class (2021)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Silsbee, TX
- Born
- Dec 16, 1998
Kalon Barnes played cornerback at Baylor (2018–21). The Carolina Panthers took Barnes in round 7, No. 242 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2021
Defense
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Baylor | 12 | CB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2019 | Baylor | 12 | CB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2020 | Baylor | 12 | CB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2021 | Baylor | 12 | CB | Jr. (Yr 4) | 6′0″ | 186 |
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
2021 Baylor 9 games, 23 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Texas State | W 29–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Texas Southern | W 66–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Iowa State | W 31–29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. BYU | W 38–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Texas | W 31–24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 6 | at TCU | L 28–30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs. Oklahoma | W 27–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 21–16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | W 21–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2020 Baylor 5 games, 13 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs. Kansas | W 47–14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | atTexas | L 16–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | vs.TCU | L 23–33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | atIowa State | L 31–38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 14 | at Texas Tech | L 23–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Baylor 14 games, 22 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Stephen F. Austin | W 56–17 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. UTSA | W 63–14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | at Rice | W 21–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs.Iowa State | W 23–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | at Kansas State | W 31–12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Texas Tech | W 33–30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atOklahoma State | W 45–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | vs. West Virginia | W 17–14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atTCU | W 29–23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Oklahoma | L 31–34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs.Texas | W 24–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | atKansas | W 61–6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | vs.Oklahoma | L 23–30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Georgia | L 14–26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Baylor 7 games, 10 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 55–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | atUTSA | W 37–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Duke | L 27–40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Kansas State | W 37–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | atTexas | L 17–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs.Oklahoma State | W 35–31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | atIowa State | L 14–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2022 | Combine or pro day 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11½″ | |
| Weight | 183 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅞″ | |
| Wingspan | 76¾″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.23 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.49 s | |
| Vertical jump | 40″W | |
| Broad jump | 11′1″W | |
| Bench press | 6 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.44 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.58 sW |
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).
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