2021 Football Roster
Roster
Kalon Barnes
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 186
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Silsbee, Texas
- High School:
- Silsbee HS
2021 (Senior): Started ten games with at cornerback ... Recorded 23 tackles, five pass breakups, an interception, and a fumble recovery on the season ... Made two tackles in the season opener against Texas State (9/4)... Recorded a fumble recovery and a pass breakup against Texas Southern (9/11) ... Tallied three unassisted tackles against Iowa State (9/25) ... Made two unassisted tackles against BYU (10/16) ... Registered season highs in solo tackles (5) and pass breakups (2) against Texas (10/30) ... Made a season-high six total tackles at TCU (11/6) ... Recorded one tackle and an interception against Oklahoma (11/13) ... Tallied three unassisted tackles and a pass breakup against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship Game (12/4) ... Had one tackle and one pass breakup against Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl (1/1) ... Missed games at Oklahoma State (10/2), vs. WVU (10/9), at KSU (11/20), and vs. Texas Tech (11/27) with injury.
2020 (Junior): Played in six games, including five starts at the cornerback position ... Tallied 13 tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, three pass breakups and an INT on the season ... Made his second career start in the season opener vs. Kansas (9/26), recorded four tackles (three solo), including one for a loss of one yard ... Started against Texas (10/24), picked up one tackle and a pass breakup ... Tallied four tackles, including one for a loss and a pass breakup in the loss against TCU (10/31) ... Had his second interception of his career to go along with three tackles and a pass breakup against Iowa State (11/7) ... Had one tackle in the loss at Texas Tech (11/14) ... Out vs. K-State (11/28) due to injury ... Saw limited time at Oklahoma (12/5) ... Did not play vs. Oklahoma State (12/12).
2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 14 games on the year ... finished with 22 total tackles (8 solo), 1 forced fumble, 1 interception and 5 pass breakups on the year ... tallied 1 tackle vs. Georgia in the Sugar Bowl (1/1) ... collected 1 tackle in the Big 12 Championship game vs. OU (12/7) ... had 1 tackle at Kansas (11/30) ... collected 3 tackles (2 solo) vs. Texas (11/23) ... had 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup vs. OU (11/16) ... collected 2 tackles (1 solo) at TCU (11/9) ... had 2 tackles (1 solo) vs. WVU (10/31) ... hauled in his first career interception as he picked one off in the end zone and returned it for 18 yards, also finished with 1 tackle and 1 pass break up at OSU (10/19) ... had 2 tackles (both solo) vs. Texas Tech (10/12) ... Was credited with 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup at K-State (10/5) ... Had 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup in victory over ISU (9/28) ... Tallied 1 tackle and forced his first-career fumble at Rice (9/21) ... Collected a career-high 4 tackles (2 solo) and was credited with one pass breakup vs. UTSA (9/7) ... Made his season debut in the opener vs. SFA (8/31), making one tackle, also credited with one pass defense.
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 of 12 games this season ... Made an appearance vs. TCU (11/17), but did not record a stat ... Made one tackle at Iowa State (11/10) ... Tallied a career-high 3 tackles vs. Oklahoma State, all solo (11/3) ... Had 1 tackle at Texas (10/13) ... Made his first collegiate start vs. Kansas State (10/6) at corner ... Finished with 1 tackle and had 1 of Baylor’s 2 pass breakups on the day ... Made his career debut vs. Abilene Christian (9/1) at corner ... Recorded one tackle vs. ACU, UTSA and Duke ... Made an appearance vs. Kansas but did not record a stat ... Made an appearance at OU but did not record a stat ... Made his collegiate debut vs. ACU.
Personal: Son of Retina and Chris Barnes ... nickname is “Boogie” ... moved to corner from wide receiver during 2018 fall camp ... previous member of Baylor track and field team ... majoring in health, kinesiology and leisure studies.
