Khalil Barnes, 2025
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Safety, Georgia (from Clemson), 2023–⁠26

Khalil Barnes

Number
No. 7
Height
6′0″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Athens, GA

Khalil Barnes plays safety for Georgia, after Clemson (2023–⁠25). Last time out, against Auburn: 4 tackles.

2026 so far

17 tackles

Last game: 4 tackles vs. Auburn, L 24–⁠27

Next game: vs. Florida, Oct 31

Game by game this season, tackles
  1. 4@ARK
  2. 2OU
  3. 2VAN
  4. 5@ALA
  5. 4AUB

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

9tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Duke, 2025

Team titles: ACC champions, 2024

Defense

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

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2023Clemson383351361
2024Clemson57330.50443
2025Clemson402410025
2026Georgia171020030
Career1521008.517159

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2023Clemson7SFr.
2024Clemson7SSo.
2025Clemson7SJr.
2026Georgia7SSr.6′0″200

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

2026 Georgia 5 games, 17 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 19atArkansasW 45–⁠17431001
Sep 26vs.OklahomaW 41–⁠13220001
Oct 3vs.VanderbiltW 38–⁠14200.5000
Oct 10atAlabamaW 20–⁠17540.5001
Oct 17vs.AuburnL 24–⁠27410000
2025 Clemson 10 games, 40 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.LSUL 10–⁠17000000
Sep 20vs.SyracuseL 21–⁠34110000
Oct 4atNorth CarolinaW 38–⁠10430001
Oct 11atBoston CollegeW 41–⁠10320000
Oct 18vs.SMUL 24–⁠35530000
Nov 1vs.DukeL 45–⁠46951000
Nov 8vs.Florida StateW 24–⁠10520001
Nov 14atLouisvilleW 20–⁠19530000
Nov 22vs.FurmanW 45–⁠10320000
Nov 29atSouth CarolinaW 28–⁠14530000
2024 Clemson 14 games, 57 tackles, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.GeorgiaL 3–⁠34210001
Sep 7vs.App StateW 66–⁠20000001
Sep 21vs.NC StateW 59–⁠35310000
Sep 28vs.StanfordW 40–⁠14950001
Oct 5atFlorida StateW 29–⁠13640000
Oct 12atWake ForestW 49–⁠14210010
Oct 19vs.VirginiaW 48–⁠31640000
Nov 2vs.LouisvilleL 21–⁠33330000
Nov 9atVirginia TechW 24–⁠14430000
Nov 16atPittsburghW 24–⁠20960.5010
Nov 23vs.The CitadelW 51–⁠14300000
Nov 30vs.South CarolinaL 14–⁠17520010
Dec 7vs.SMUW 34–⁠31000011
Dec 21 ✦atTexasL 24–⁠38530000
2023 Clemson 10 games, 38 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 9vs.Charleston SouthernW 66–⁠17110000
Sep 16vs.Florida AtlanticW 48–⁠14651012
Sep 30atSyracuseW 31–⁠14110000
Oct 7vs.Wake ForestW 17–⁠12440000
Oct 28atNC StateL 17–⁠24321000
Nov 4vs.Notre DameW 31–⁠23330001
Nov 11vs.Georgia TechW 42–⁠21532010
Nov 18vs.North CarolinaW 31–⁠20431101
Nov 25atSouth CarolinaW 16–⁠7440012
Dec 29 ✦vs.KentuckyW 38–⁠35770000

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

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