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#9, Derek Barnett, DE, Junior
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles:15 vs. Oklahoma, 9/12/15
Tackles For Loss: 4 at Ole Miss, 10/18/14 & vs. Kentucky, 11/15/14
Sacks: 3 at Ole Miss, 10/18/14 & at South Carolina, 11/1/14
Fumble Recovery:1 vs. Chattanooga, 10/11/14 & W. Carolina, 9/19/15
Double-Figure Tackle Games: 2, last 15 vs. Oklahoma, 9/12/15
CAREER HONORS
2016 Lindy's Sports Preseason Second Team All-American
2016 Sporting News Preseason Second Team All-American
2016 Athlon Sports Preseason First Team All-SEC
2016 Lindy's Sports Preseason First Team All-SEC
2015-16 Associated Press All-Bowl Team
2015-16 ESPN All-SEC Bowl Team
2015 All-SEC Coaches Second Team
2015 All-SEC AP Second Team
2015 Pro Football Focus All-American
2015 All-SEC GridironNow.com Second Team
2015 Bronko Nagurski Award Watch List
2015 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
2015 Ted Hendricks Award Watch List
2015 Athlon Preseason Second Team All-American
2015 Preseason All-SEC Coaches Second Team
2015 Preseason All-SEC AP Second Team
2015 Athlon Sports Preseason SEC All Conference First Team Defense
2015 Phil Steele Preseason Third Team All-SEC
2015 Lindy's Sports No. 9 Top Defensive Ends
2015 Lindy's Sports Preseason Second Team All-SEC
2015 Athlon Sports Preseason First Team All-SEC
2015 Athlon Sports Preseason Second Team All-American
2014 Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-American Team
2014 Campus Insiders Defensive Freshman Of The Year
2014 Sporting News Freshman All-American Team
2014 Phil Steele All-SEC Second Team
2014 Phil Steele Freshman All-American Team
2014 ESPN's True Freshman All-American Team
2014 All-SEC Associated Press Second Team
2014 All-SEC Coaches Second Team
2014 Freshman All-SEC Team
2014 247Sports Freshman All-American
2014 Scout Freshman All-American
2014 Grantland National Rookie Of Year
SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (11/17)
CAREER STATS
Games/Starts: 13/13 in 2015
Started all 13 games in 2015 at right defensive end, third on Vols in tackles (69) with team-best 10.0 sacks and 12.5 TFLs (second on the team)
Tied for eighth in career sacks at Tennessee with 20
Third in SEC in sacks with 10.0, which is tied for seventh-most in a season in Tennessee history
Nine sacks in eight-game span from Oct. 10-Jan. 1 to finish season with sacks in seven of eight games
35 tackles over last six games of season
Posted eight tackles with a sack, tackle for loss and forced fumble in Outback Bowl win over Northwestern
Closed regular-season with two sacks as part of five tackles vs. Vanderbilt (11/28); posted first-career safety on a 5-yard sack for Vols first safety since Aug. 31, 2012
Posted 100th career tackle as part of seven tackles, with a 6-yard sack in win over #19 Georgia
Career high 15 tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and sack vs. #19 Oklahoma
Games/Starts: 13/10 in 2014
Set Tennessee record for most TFLs (20.5) and most sacks (10.0) by a true freshman in history
Twice posted Tennessee record for sacks in a game by a true freshman with three: at # 3 Ole Miss and at South Carolina
With 20.5 TFLs, ranks fifth on all-time single season list in UT history, most since John Henderson had 21 in 2000
Led the SEC with 18 TFLs in conference games
Ranked tied for first in the SEC and tied for sixth in NCAA in TFLs per game (1.6) and second in the SEC in total TFLs (20.5)
Tied for 16th in the NCAA and tied for fourth in SEC in sacks (10.0)
Became first true freshman to start season opener on defensive line in Tennessee history vs. Utah State
Played all 13 games, starting ten, making 72 tackles, fifth on team in tackles
Led all true freshman in the SEC in tackles with 72
72 tackles ranked as third highest total tackles by a true freshman in Tennessee history (No. 1 Eric Berry with 86 in 2007; No. 2 A.J. Johnson with 80 in 2011)
Second on UT with 10.0 sacks and led team with eight quarterback hurries along with a fumble recovery
Three sacks at # 3 Ole Miss set UT record for most sacks by a freshman in a game
Posted six tackles and 1.5 TFLs vs. #4 Alabama (10/25)
First career game with double-figure tackles came at #3 Ole Miss with 10 stops including 4.0 TFLs and two sacks
First sack (for 10 yards) as part of six tackles and two TFLs for 15 yards vs. Florida
In first-career start vs. Utah State, made three tackles
One of first four Vols to have black stripes removed in `14 (Jalen Hurd, Emmanuel Moseley, Ethan Wolf) on Aug. 10