#92

Kyon Barrs

Senior defensive lineman on USC's 2023 roster.

DL · USC · Sr. · #92

6′2″ · 290 lb · Murrieta, CA

CFB Index 28 · #243 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceUSC 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1994 nationally · Signed with Arizona

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on USC's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2019.
Transferred from Arizona to USC in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at USC, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20198 games

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Murrieta Mesa

202110 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1994 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022–2023

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Arizona4-8HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2020Arizona0-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2021Arizona1-11HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

28Below cohort / limited sample #243 of 302?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#2085 / 2842 · 25th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2347 / 2842 · 15th pct

Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #243 of 302 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #243 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	USC	18	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Arizona	39	18	4.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Arizona	33	14	8.0	5.0	--	--	--
2020	Arizona	17	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Arizona	13	11	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		120	57	12.5	5.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 43–41

vs Arizona

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With C. Williams — 219 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.3 · 41 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD · E. Czaplicki — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 56-28vs San José State	2	1	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 5	W 48-41@ Colorado	2	2	—
Wk 6	W 43-41vs Arizona	1	1	—
Wk 7	L 20-48@ Notre Dame	1	0	—
Wk 8	L 32-34vs Utah	1	0	—
Wk 9	W 50-49@ California	2	0	—
Wk 10	L 42-52vs Washington	2	0	—
Wk 11	L 27-36@ Oregon	1	0	—
Wk 12	L 20-38vs UCLA	1	0	—
Bowl	W 42-28vs Louisville	5	3	—
Total		18	7	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology