Bryce Barnes

Earned nine starts, including each of the final eight games … Finished the season with 34 tackles, three pass breakups, 1.5 TFL and a forced fumble … Totaled a career-high seven tackles with a forced fumble in the win against North Carolina A&T … Posted six tackles in his first career start at Virginia … Recorded four tackles and a TFL in the win against Elon … Tallied a PBU and a half TFL in the win against Maine … Registered PBU's in each of the final two games, coming at Hampton and versus Richmond … Totaled five tackles in the victory against UAlbany … CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in six games and totaled 12 tackles and an interception … Posted a season-high five tackles, four solo, at Towson … Recorded his first career interception in the win against Furman … Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll accolades … Saw action in three games … Finished the season with four tackles and a TFL … Posted two stops and a TFL in the win at Charleston Southern … Also recorded stops in the victory against Maine and at Elon … Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll accolades … Redshirted … Saw action in four games … Totaled 11 tackles, including eight solo stops … Posted a career-high six tackles, five solo, in the win at Hampton … Recorded four tackles in the season-opening win at Charlotte … Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll accolades … Standout defensive back for head coach John Kelley at Quince Orchard High School … Earned honorable mention all-state accolades as a senior … Also garnered all-county first-team distinction in 2021 … All-Met honorable mention selection in 2021 … Helped lead his team to a pair of state titles … Son of Dennis and Kristin Barnes … Brother, Ryan, is a cornerback at Notre Dame … Cousin, Byron Thweatt, who played linebacker in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers … Enjoys photography, fishing and community service.