Former linebacker at Purdue. 2020: 54 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss.
6′1″ · 245 lb · Covington, KY
The story
Former linebacker at Purdue. 2020: 54 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 2675 nationally · Signed with Purdue
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonDerrick Barnes
He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at Purdue behind him. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 14 tackles, 2.5 TFL against Northwestern — Week 11, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Purdue, 206 tackles — drafted at #113 overall by Detroit.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Brohm.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DetroitEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 19-25 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 9.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2020
W 24–20
vs Iowa
5 TOT · 5 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
With B. Cormier — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG · A. O'Connell — 282 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · -19 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 24-20vs Iowa | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24@ Illinois | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-27vs Northwestern | 14 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 31-34@ Minnesota | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-37vs Rutgers | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-37vs Nebraska | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 40 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |