Naejuan Barber

Senior defensive lineman for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DL · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 310 lb · Hopkins, SC

CFB Index 48 · #177 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Florida Atlantic for 2026

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

Tackles for loss: 77th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

0.5

sacks · 2025

4.5 TFL · 35 tackles

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 5 tackles, vs UConn

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

Transferred from Coastal Carolina to Florida Atlantic in 2025.

His career, year by year

Naejuan Barber

DL · Florida Atlantic · Sr · #9

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Naejuan Barber has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 0.5 sacks against UConn — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

2025Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Zach Kittley · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #177 of 330?

Low confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct

4.5

Tackles#1098 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road6g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #177 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #26 of 53 American Athletic DLs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Florida Atlantic	35	19	4.5	0.5	--	--	--
2024	Coastal Carolina	21	6	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		56	25	6.0	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 56–14

vs Florida A&M

1 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 42-point win at home against Florida A&M.

With C. Veltkamp — 309 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · L. Lupo — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 7-39@ Maryland	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Florida A&M	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 28-38@ Florida International	3	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 26-55vs Memphis	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 27-21@ Rice	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 53-33vs UAB	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 13-48@ South Florida	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 32-42@ Navy	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 40-21vs Tulsa	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 24-35@ Tulane	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 13	L 45-48vs UConn	5	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 14	L 3-42vs East Carolina	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		35	19	4.5	0.5	—

How he plays

Play style

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

35Tackles

19Solo

4.5TFL

0.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

35 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.

Week 130.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Florida Atlantic

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Defensive line · Florida Atlantic

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -8 net (22 in / 30 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Florida Atlantic · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #98 · 2026 recruiting class #130

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryson Eason’s 2025 season.

Bryson Eason

89%match

Tennessee · 2025

Immanuel Hickman Sr.

South Florida · 2023

88%

Phillip Paea

Utah State · 2021

87%

Damon Payne Jr.

Michigan · 2025

87%

Caleb Sampson

Kansas · 2021

86%

Matches Bryson on

Class year

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to C.J. Clark's graduate season at Miami (2024).

C.J. Clark

89%match

Miami · 2024

Jalen Logan-Redding

Minnesota · 2025

81%

Alex Huntley

South Carolina · 2024

78%

Tiaoalil Savea

Arizona · 2025

78%

Grady Kelly

Michigan State · 2025

77%

Matches C.J. on

Class year

Height

Weight

Player DNA

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Bryson Eason

Tennessee · 2025

89%

Junior Tafuna

Utah · 2024

88%

Damon Payne Jr.

Michigan · 2025

87%

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

Naejuan Barber

20249 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Nose Anchor

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