#11

Amare Barno

Former defensive lineman at Virginia Tech. 2021: 3.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DL · Virginia Tech · Jr. · #11

6′6″ · 235 lb · Blythewood, SC

CFB Index 23 · #313 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceCarolina — drafted 2022, Rd 6, Pick 10, #189 overall

The story

Former defensive lineman at Virginia Tech. 2021: 3.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

Drafted round 6 by the Carolina in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Virginia Tech, 10 sacks — drafted at #189 overall by Carolina.

His career

2022

Drafted by Carolinaround 6, pick 189

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2020–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #189

Carolina · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2020–2021

2 coaches

2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Justin Fuente → J.C. Price. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 5th NFL season

#189Rd 6 · Pick 10

CarolinaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #313 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#22 / 2743 · 99th pct

Sacks#280 / 2743 · 89th pct

3.5

Tackles for loss#514 / 2743 · 80th pct

5.5

Tackles#1129 / 2743 · 58th pct

Solo tackles#1137 / 2743 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.0
Road4g	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	6.2	1.1	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #313 of 370 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Virginia Tech	35	20	5.5	3.5	1	--	--
2020	Virginia Tech	43	28	16.0	6.5	2	--	--
Career		78	48	21.5	10.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 29–24

at Virginia

1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With B. Burmeister — 141 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.0 · 115 rush yds (12 car) · T. Robinson — 3 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · -2 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-10vs North Carolina	6	4	3.5	1.5	—	0	3.5 TFL
Wk 4	W 21-10vs Richmond	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 29-32vs Notre Dame	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-28vs Pittsburgh	9	7	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 8	L 36-41vs Syracuse	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 26-17@ Georgia Tech	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 3-17@ Boston College	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 48-17vs Duke	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 26-38@ Miami	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 29-24@ Virginia	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		35	20	5.5	3.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Amare Barno

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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