Krys Barnes: LB · UCLA · #14.
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Krys Barnes
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at UCLA. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against San Diego State — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 9.5 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.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-24@ Cincinnati | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-23vs San Diego State | 11 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 14-48vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 67-63@ No. 19 Washington State | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20@ Arizona | 6 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 34-16@ Stanford | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs No. 24 Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14vs Colorado | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-49@ No. 8 Utah | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-52@ USC | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 72 | 48 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%10 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
10%7 pass breakups72 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 4 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 7.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 8.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chip Kelly
Pass share
46.8%
426 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
75.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
470 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
More tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCLA, 210 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Chip Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
