Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 6-42@ Kent State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Ryan Barnes
Senior cornerback on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 185 lb · Gaithersburg, MD
Returning to Massachusetts for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 559 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2021.
- Transferred from Notre Dame to Massachusetts in 2024.
Ryan Barnes
Ryan Barnes has been at Massachusetts through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt: 4 tackles against Kent State — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2021
- Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of Quince Orchard
20245 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Massachusetts
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Massachusetts
2025era →
Joe Harasymiak
Massachusetts
Coaching transition mid-career: Shane Montgomery → Joe Harasymiak. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Massachusetts2-10HC: Shane Montgomery · Run-leaning
2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 3.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Massachusetts
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Massachusetts
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +2 net (21 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Massachusetts · Last season: 0-12 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #116
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology