Senior safety on Louisiana's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Logansport, LA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1608 nationally · Signed with Louisiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Louisiana's 2025 roster.
Key'Savalyn Barnes
Fourth year in the Louisiana secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 1 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Michael Desormeaux.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Michael Desormeaux — 28-25 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-14vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24@ James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-22vs Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 13-20@ Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Louisiana
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Louisiana
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisiana · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #91
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