Junior linebacker for Iowa State. 2025: 10 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′3″ · 230 lb · Britt, IA · West Hancock
The story
3 linebacker for Iowa State. 2025: 10 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearRylan Barnes
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the Iowa State linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against TCU — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-7 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd 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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa State | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa State | 30 | 14 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 40 | 19 | 4.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 16–13
vs Iowa
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With T. Perkins — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 65 LONG · R. Becht — 134 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.8 · 11 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs South Dakota | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-13vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17@ TCU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 38-14vs Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Iowa State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Iowa State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa State · Last season: 8-4 (AP #22) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #54
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Keith Maguire’s 2022 season.
Matches Keith on
Differs from Keith on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Zakaih Saez's freshman season at Oregon State (2024).
Matches Zakaih on
Differs from Zakaih on
Player DNA
Awards & Honors Academic All-Big 12 (2024, 2025) Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23, S24, F24, S25, F25, S26) 2025 Saw action in 10 games, finishing season with 10 tackles, including one for a loss ... had a season-high three tackles in win at TCU, including splitting a TFL for a loss ... also...
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