University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Barnes, Key'Savalyn
Jersey Number 27
Key'Savalyn Barnes
- Position:
- Safety
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Logansport, La.
- High School:
- Logansport
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in all 14 games for Louisiana, spending majority of time on special teams and as a reserve defensive back … totaled 11 tackles on the season with eight solos … earned first collegiate start against TCU (12/28) in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl … recorded career-best four tackles against the Horned Frogs with three solos … had three tackles in season-opener against Grambling (8/30) … added tackles against Tulane (9/21), Coastal Carolina (10/19), Texas State (10/29) and South Alabama (11/16).
2023
Played in eight games during the season ... made three tackles on the season with two stops coming in win at South Alabama (10/28) ... added a stop at UAB (9/16).
2022 Season
Appeared in three games … Recorded a tackle in the win over Arkansas State (10/22).
2021 Season
Did not make an appearance on the season.
High School
Rated as the No. 44 overall recruit in Louisiana, according to 247Sports.com … registered 42 total tackles with 3.0 tackles-for-loss on defense and 505 rushing yards with eight touchdowns as a junior … had an additional 13 catches for 177 yards and two touchdowns during his junior season … tallied four interceptions in 2018, including 38 total tackles over 10 games for a state semifinal-round playoff team … labeled a three-time all-state athlete of the week ... a three-time all-district member and three-time all-parish member … also played basketball and runs track at Logansport.
2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in all 14 games for Louisiana, spending majority of time on special teams and as a reserve defensive back … totaled 11 tackles on the season with eight solos … earned first collegiate start against TCU (12/28) in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl … recorded career-best four tackles against the Horned Frogs with three solos … had three tackles in season-opener against Grambling (8/30) … added tackles against Tulane (9/21), Coastal Carolina (10/19), Texas State (10/29) and South Alabama (11/16).
2023
Played in eight games during the season ... made three tackles on the season with two stops coming in win at South Alabama (10/28) ... added a stop at UAB (9/16).
2022 Season
Appeared in three games … Recorded a tackle in the win over Arkansas State (10/22).
2021 Season
Did not make an appearance on the season.
High School
Rated as the No. 44 overall recruit in Louisiana, according to 247Sports.com … registered 42 total tackles with 3.0 tackles-for-loss on defense and 505 rushing yards with eight touchdowns as a junior … had an additional 13 catches for 177 yards and two touchdowns during his junior season … tallied four interceptions in 2018, including 38 total tackles over 10 games for a state semifinal-round playoff team … labeled a three-time all-state athlete of the week ... a three-time all-district member and three-time all-parish member … also played basketball and runs track at Logansport.
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