2019
• Started all 12 games.
• Finished second on the team with 63 tackles, including 47 solo stops, 11.0 tackles for loss.
• Tied for the team lead with 7.5 sacks.
• Broke up a pair of passes, and recovered and forced a fumble.
• Finished with eight tackles, including an assisted sack, at Nevada on Aug. 20.
• Had four tackles, with a sack, against Vanderbilt on Sept. 7.
• Recorded six tackles, three solo, vs. TCU on Sept. 14.
• Including an assisted sack, had two stops vs. Minnesota on Sept. 28.
• Tallied a pair of solo tackles at No. 12 Penn State on Oct. 5.
• Finished with five tackles, including a sack, against Maryland on Oct. 12.
• Had eight tackles at No. 23 on Oct. 19.
• Record five solo tackles, including one TFL, vs. Illinois on Oct. 26.
• Had a pair of TFLs, including a sack, among five total tackles vs. Nebraska on Nov. 2.
• Tallied two solo tackles at Northwestern on Nov. 9.
• Forced and recovered a fumble while finishing with six solo stops and a sack at No. 14 Wisconsin on Nov. 23.
• Tallied a season-high 10 total tackles, nine solo, with 3.5 tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, vs. Indiana on Nov.30.
2018
• Appeared in all 13 games, making 12 starts.
• Finished third on the team with 92 total tackles, 61 solo stops.
• Was third on the team with 8.0 tackles for loss, including 3.0 sacks.
• Had six tackles, four solo, against Northwestern on Aug. 30.
• Tallied six tackles, five solo, vs. Eastern Michigan on Sept. 8.
• Recorded a career-high 13 tackles with a sack against Missouri on Sept. 15.
• Had six solo tackles, including 3.0 for losses with a pair of sacks, vs. No. 23 Boston College on Sept. 22.
• Finished with seven tackles at Nebraska on Sept. 29.
• Assisted on four tackles at Illinois on Oct. 13.
• Tallied six tackles, four solo, vs. No. 2 Ohio State on Oct. 20.
• Had two assisted tackles at Michigan State on Oct. 27.
• Finished with five tackles, four solo, against No. 19 Iowa on Nov. 3.
• Recorded 10 tackles, including seven solo and one for loss, at Minnesota on Nov. 10.
• Had nine tackles, seven solo, against Wisconsin on Nov. 17.
• Finished with eight stops, five solo, at Indiana on Nov. 24.
• Tallied 10 tackles, including 3.0 for loss, against Auburn in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 28.
2017
• Appeared in 12 games, making two starts.
• Valuable contributor on special teams.
• Finished with 16 total tackles, including 10 solo stops, on the year.
• Tallied first collegiate tackle vs. Ohio on Sept. 8.
• Had a season-high five tackles, three solo, at Missouri on Sept. 16.
• Recorded three tackles, two solo, vs. No. 8 Michigan on Sept. 23.
• Had three stops, with an assisted TFL, at Rutgers on Oct. 21.
• Finished with two tackles vs. Nebraska on Oct. 28.
• Had one tackle at Iowa on Nov. 18.
• Record one tackle vs. Indiana on Nov. 25.
HIGH SCHOOL
• 2016 second team AP All-State selection.
• 2016 Courier-Journal All-State selection.
• 2016 Class 2A-District Six Player of the Year by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association.
• Played both ways at linebacker and running back.
• Led the team in tackles as a senior with 126, including 96 solo stops.
• Recovered four fumbles and had three interceptions in 2016.
• Rushed for 1,567 yards on 150 carries (10.5 average) with 22 touchdowns as a senior.
• Had three kick returns for touchdowns in 2016.
PERSONAL
• Given name is Derrick Danta Jr. Barnes.
• Born May 29, 1999.
• Majoring in selling and sales management.