Dennis Barnes: DB · UTEP · #13.
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Dennis Barnes
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Transferred to UTEP from UTEP. All-Conference USA in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against New Mexico — Week 3, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-31vs North Texas | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 13-45@ No. 9 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-13vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ New Mexico | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10vs Boise State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-35@ Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-41@ Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-24vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-37@ Rice | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-6vs Florida International | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ UTSA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 27 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFL43 tackles · 3 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 15-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
45.3%
379 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
69.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #229 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at UTEP, 117 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dana Dimel.
