Former cornerback at Baylor. 2021: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 23 tackles.
6′0″ · 186 lb · Silsbee, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 391 nationally · Signed with Baylor
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former cornerback at Baylor. 2021: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 23 tackles.
Kalon Barnes
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Kalon Barnes has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Baylor. The receipt: 6 tackles against TCU — Week 10, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Baylor, 68 tackles — drafted at #242 overall by Carolina.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
CarolinaEntering 5th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #110 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2021
W 21–16
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-20@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-7vs Texas Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-29vs Iowa State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-24vs BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24vs Texas | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-30@ TCU | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 27-14vs Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 21-16@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 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.
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Dorian Strong’s 2021 season.
Matches Dorian on
Differs from Dorian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Muhammad's senior season at Texas (2024).
Matches Malik on
Player DNA