2017 Football Roster
Roster
Tyler Barnes
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- D'Iberville, Miss.
- High School:
- D'Iberville HS
2020 (Sr.): Played in all 10 game with seven starts on the year…Posted 37 tackles, including 20 solo stops…Posted a half tackle for loss for 1 yard…Picked off one pass and returned it three yards against South Alabama (9/3) in the opener…Forced a pair of fumbles, including one versus Tulane (9/26) and one versus North Alabama (11/7)…Enjoyed seven-high seven stops at North Texas (10/3) and four of more tackles in four games, including a pair five-stop performances against UTSA (11/21) and Florida Atlantic (12/10) to end the season… Named C-USA honorable mention.
2019 (Jr.): Saw action in all 13 games, including one start against UTEP (9/28)...Posted 18 tackles (14 solo) with a career-high six at Alabama (9/21)...Added three stops against Troy (9/14), North Texas (10/12) and Louisiana Tech (10/19).
2018 (Soph.): Appeared in five games, starting in the first two against Jackson State and ULM...Injury cut his season short...Made eight tackles on the year, including four in the opener...also had three more against the Warhawks.
2017 (Fr.): Played in all 13 games, mostly on special teams...Notched 12 tackles (eight solo), to go along with 0.5 tackles for loss against Charlotte and a fumble recovery versus Southern (9/9)...Notched a season-high five tackles against Southern (9/9) and added four stops against Charlotte (11/18).
High School: Class 6A Second-Team All-State selection by the Mississippi Association of Coaches...Named Second-Team All-State as an American Family Insurance All-USA Mississippi team pick...Racked up 136 tackles (11.3 per game), six tackles for loss, nine pass breakups, three blocked field goals, three forced fumbles and four interceptions at D’Iberville High School as a senior...Helped lead his team to an 8-4 record and the Region 4-6A title, where he was the region’s MVP...Posted 72 tackles, three passes defended and two fumble recoveries as a junior...Also played baseball...Former teammate of current defensive lineman Jacques Turner...Rated as a two-star recruit by Rivals and Scout...Claims Southern Miss was a “dream school of mine as a kid.”
