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2023 Football Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini
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48 Bryce Barnes

  • Position DL
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 285
  • Hometown Gibson City, Ill.
  • High School GCMS
  • Instagram bryce.barnes_
  • Twitter BarnesBryce_

Biography

NIL Opportunities

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate

2023 Senior

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in 11 games with two starts at defensive tackle
  • Career-high four tackles in opener vs. Toledo (9/2/23) and at Maryland (10/14/23)
  • Made first start of the season at Maryland (10/14/23)

2022 Junior

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in 12 games
  • Eight tackles on the season
  • Tied career high with three tackles at Indiana 9/2/22

2021 Sophomore

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in 11 games
  • Three tackles on the season

2020 Sophomore

  • Played in all eight games and started two at defensive tackle
  • Made first career start at Northwestern 12/12/20
  • Three tackles and 0.5 TFLs on the season

2019 Freshman

  • Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams
  • Made Illinois debut in the season opener against Akron

High School

  • Champaign News-Gazette 2018-19 Male Athlete of the Year
  • Helped lead GCMS to back-to-back IHSA Class 2A State Championships in 2017 and ’18
  • Played for head coach Mike Allen at GCMS
  • Also played basketball at GCMS, scoring over 1,000 career points and helped the basketball team to third place at IHSA 2A state finals

Personal

  • Born Aug. 18, 2000
  • Picked Illinois because, “it is a top university and earning a degree from this school will be my ticket to any job I would like to get in the future.”
  • Majoring in community health

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 48

    2019Freshman

    DL
    6'2" 245 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2020Sophomore

    DL
    6'2" 270 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2021Sophomore

    OLB
    6'2" 255 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2022Junior

    DL
    6'2" 280 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2023Senior

    DL
    6'2" 285 lbs
    48