Krys Barnes
{{Short description|American football player (born 1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Krys Barnes
| image = Krys Barnes Packers (51630470652) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Barnes with the Packers in 2021
| current_team =
| number =
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|2}}
| birth_place = Bakersfield, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 229
| high_school = Liberty (Bakersfield)
| college = UCLA (2016–2019)
| undraftedyear = 2020
| pastteams =
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2020}}–{{NFL Year|2022}})
- Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2023}}–present)
| status = Active
| statweek =
| statseason = 2024
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 280
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 5.0
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 1
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 2
| statlabel5 = Pass deflections
| statvalue5 = 10
| statlabel6 = Interceptions
| statvalue6 = 1
| pfr = B/BarnKr00
}}
Krystopher Nathaniel Barnes (born April 2, 1998) is an American professional football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, and originally signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2020.
Early life
Barnes was born and grew up in Bakersfield, California. He attended and played football at Liberty High School, along with childhood friend and future Green Bay Packers teammate Jordan Love. Together, Barnes and Love helped lead Liberty to the first Division I Central Section championship in school history.{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Clay |title=Krys Barnes ready to make a name for himself in Green Bay |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/sports/bvarsity/krys-barnes-ready-to-make-a-name-for-himself-in-green-bay/article_1ab85fb8-874c-11ea-9275-47cb03d9f955.html |website=Bakersfield.com |access-date=March 29, 2023 |date=April 27, 2020}}
College career
In four seasons at UCLA, Barnes played in 43 games with 31 starts, recording 212 tackles (139 solo, 21 for loss), five sacks, and two interceptions.{{Cite web |title=Krys Barnes – Football |url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/football/roster/krys-barnes/8990 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |website=UCLA Bruins Athletics |language=en}} Barnes was All-Pac 12 Conference honorable mention his senior season.{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2019 |title=Pax 12 all conference awards announced |url=https://pac-12.com/article/2019/12/09/pac-12-football-all-conference-honors-announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210192252/https://pac-12.com/article/2019/12/09/pac-12-football-all-conference-honors-announced |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |website=PAC 12}}
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 1 3/4
| weight = 229
| arm span = 31 5/8
| hand span = 9 3/4
| note = All values from Pro Day{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1017079&DraftYear=2020 |title=2020 NFL Draft Scout Krys Barnes College Football Profile |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}
}}
=Green Bay Packers=
On April 29, 2020, the Green Bay Packers signed Barnes to a three-year, $2.29 million contract as an undrafted free agent that includes a signing bonus of $7,000.{{Cite web |date=April 29, 2020 |title=Packers agree to terms with rookie free agents |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-agree-to-terms-with-rookie-free-agents |website=Packers.com}}{{Cite web |title=Spotrac.com: Krys Barnes contract |url=https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/krys-barnes-48212/ |access-date=October 19, 2020 |website=Spotrac.com}}
Throughout training camp, Barnes competed to be a starting inside linebacker against Oren Burks, Ty Summers, and fellow rookie Kamal Martin. On September 5, 2020, the Packers waived Barnes as part of their final roster cuts, but signed him to the practice squad the next day after clearing waivers.{{Cite web |date=September 5, 2020 |title=Breaking down the packers most notable roster cuts |url=https://packerswire.usatoday.com/lists/breaking-down-the-packers-most-notable-roster-cuts/ |website=Packers Wire}}{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2020 |title=Packers announce practice squad |url=https://fox11online.com/amp/sports/packers-and-nfl/packers-announce-14-practice-squad-players |publisher=Fox News 11}} On September 12, 2020, the Green Bay Packers promoted Barnes to their active roster. Head coach Matt LaFleur elected to start Barnes at inside linebacker, alongside Christian Kirksey, to start the regular season.
He made his first career start and his professional debut in the Green Bay Packers’ season-opener at the Minnesota Vikings and recorded seven combined tackles (five solo) during their 43–34 victory.{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2020 |title=Packers sign Krys Barnes to active roster |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/12/packers-sign-krys-barnes-to-active-roster-promote-tipa-galeai-john-lovett/amp |website=Pro Football Talk |publisher=NBC Sports}}{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Krys Barbers effective in starting role |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/packers-krys-barnes-effective-in-starting-role/amp/ |website=CBS Sports}}{{Cite web |title=Krys Barnes |url=https://www.nfl.com/players/Krys-Barnes/stats/ |publisher=National Football League}} On October 18, 2020, Barnes recorded ten combined tackles (seven solo) during a 38–10 loss at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6.{{Cite web |title=Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – October 18th, 2020 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202010180tam.htm |access-date=October 23, 2020 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} In Week 7 against the Houston Texans, Barnes recorded his first career sack on Deshaun Watson during the 35–20 win.{{Cite web |title=Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans – October 25th, 2020 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202010250htx.htm |access-date=October 29, 2020 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}} He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on November 6, 2020,{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2020 |title=Packers place two players on reserve/COVID-19 list |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-place-two-players-on-reserve-covid-19-list-x2171 |publisher=packers.com}} and activated on December 2.{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2020 |title=Packers activate LB Krys Barnes from reserve/COVID-19 list |work=Packers.com |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-activate-lb-krys-barnes-from-reserve-covid-19-list |access-date=December 7, 2020}}
In Week 15 against the Carolina Panthers, Barnes forced a fumble on quarterback Teddy Bridgewater at the one yard line that was recovered by the Packers during the 24–16 win.{{Cite web |title=Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers – December 19th, 2020 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202012190gnb.htm |access-date=December 20, 2020 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
During the team's matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 9, Barnes made a season-high 9 tackles,{{Cite web |title=Packers' Krys Barnes: Makes season-high nine tackles |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/packers-krys-barnes-makes-season-high-nine-tackles/}} including one that prevented a touchdown by running back Darrel Williams.{{Cite web |title=Krys Barnes prevents TD, blasts Darrel Williams out of bounds | Packers vs. Chiefs |url=https://www.packers.com/video/krys-barnes-prevents-td-blasts-darrel-williams-out-of-bounds-packers-vs-chiefs}} He signed his tender offer from the Packers on April 18, 2022, to keep him with the team.{{cite web | last=Alper | first=Josh | title=Packers re-sign six as offseason program gets going | website=NBC Sports | date=2022-04-19 | url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/packers-re-sign-six-as-offseason-program-gets-going | access-date=2025-02-01}}
In the 2022 season-opener at the Vikings, he sustained ankle injury, which put him on injured reserve.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2022 |title=Packers sign T Caleb Jones to active roster |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-sign-t-caleb-jones-to-active-roster-2022 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |publisher=packers.com |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915102353/https://www.packers.com/news/packers-sign-t-caleb-jones-to-active-roster-2022 |url-status=dead }} On November 5, 2022, he was activated off of injured reserve.{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2022 |title=Packers activate LB Krys Barnes off injured reserve |url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-activate-lb-krys-barnes-off-injured-reserve-wk-9-2022 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |publisher=packers.com}}
=Arizona Cardinals=
NFL career statistics
=Regular season=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Year | rowspan=2|Team | rowspan=2|GP | rowspan=2|GS | colspan=5 |Tackles | colspan=6 |Interceptions | colspan=2 |Fumbles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR |
| 2020 | GB
| 13|| 10|| 80|| 49|| 31|| 1.0|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1|| 0 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | GB
| 16|| 13|| 81|| 58|| 23|| 1.0|| 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | |||||||||||
| 2022 | GB
| 6 || 1 || 29 || 17 || 12 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total || 35 || 24 || 190 || 124 || 66 || 3.0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="17"|Source: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BarnKr00.htm pro-football-reference.com] |
=Postseason=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Year | rowspan=2|Team | rowspan=2|GP | rowspan=2|GS | colspan=5 |Tackles | colspan=6 |Interceptions | colspan=2 |Fumbles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR |
| 2020 | GB
| 2 || 2 || 13 || 8 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | GB
| 1 || 1 || 7 || 4 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| colspan="2"|Total || 3 || 3 || 20 || 12 || 8 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="17"|Source: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BarnKr00.htm pro-football-reference.com] |
References
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External links
- [https://www.azcardinals.com/team/players-roster/krys-barnes/ Arizona Cardinals bio]
- [https://uclabruins.com/sports/football/roster/krys-barnes/8990 UCLA Bruins bio]
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Category:Players of American football from Bakersfield, California
Category:American football linebackers
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:UCLA Bruins football players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:Arizona Cardinals players
Category:Liberty High School (Bakersfield, California) alumni