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Defensive back, Texas, 2020–24
Jahdae Barron
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Pflugerville, TX
- Born
- Dec 4, 2001
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Jahdae Barron played defensive back at Texas (2020–24). He won the 2024 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2024. The Denver Broncos took Barron in the first round, No. 20 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
12tackles, career highat Oklahoma State, 20222interceptions, career highvs. Georgia, 2024Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Texas | 7 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Texas | 7 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Texas | 7 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Texas | 7 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Texas | 7 | DB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′11″ | 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
2024 Texas 16 games, 67 tackles, 1 sack, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Colorado State | W 52–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Michigan | W 31–12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | vs. UTSA | W 56–7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. UL Monroe | W 51–3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Mississippi State | W 35–13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Oklahoma | W 34–3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Georgia | L 15–30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | at Vanderbilt | W 27–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Florida | W 49–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 16 | at Arkansas | W 20–10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Kentucky | W 31–14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at Texas A&M | W 17–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | vs.Georgia | L 19–22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. Clemson | W 38–24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Arizona State | W 39–31 | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10 ✦ | vs. Ohio State | L 14–28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Texas 12 games, 55 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at Alabama | W 34–24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Wyoming | W 31–10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Kansas | W 40–14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Oklahoma | L 30–34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Houston | W 31–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. BYU | W 35–6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Kansas State | W 33–30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at TCU | W 29–26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Iowa State | W 26–16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Texas Tech | W 57–7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 49–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Washington | L 31–37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Texas 12 games, 67 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.UL Monroe | W 52–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Alabama | L 19–20 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs.UTSA | W 41–20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atTexas Tech | L 34–37 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. West Virginia | W 38–20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Oklahoma | W 49–0 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Iowa State | W 24–21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atOklahoma State | L 34–41 | 12 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atKansas State | W 34–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | vs.TCU | L 10–17 | 11 | 8 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atKansas | W 55–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Baylor | W 38–27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 Texas 9 games, 18 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Louisiana | W 38–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | atArkansas | L 21–40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs.Oklahoma | L 48–55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 24–32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 30 | atBaylor | L 24–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | atIowa State | L 7–30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Kansas | L 56–57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | atWest Virginia | L 23–31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Kansas State | W 22–17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Texas 3 games, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs. UTEP | W 59–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | atTexas Tech | W 63–56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Colorado | W 55–23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2025 | Combine or pro day 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¾″ | |
| Weight | 194 lb | |
| Arm length | 29⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| Wingspan | 73½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.39 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.50 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.05 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 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).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 20 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | Denver Broncos | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 20 | 49 | 0 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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