Current position | |
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Title | Defensive line coach |
Team | Penn State |
Conference | Big Ten |
Biographical details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | January 20, 1993
Alma mater | Penn State |
Playing career | |
2011–2014 | Penn State |
2015 | New York Jets |
2016 | Kansas City Chiefs* |
2019 | San Antonio Commanders |
Position(s) | Outside linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2020-2022 | Penn State (GA/ADL) |
2023–present | Penn State (DL) |
Deion Deryl Barnes (born January 20, 1993) is a former American football outside linebacker currently serving as the defensive line coach at his alma mater, Penn State. He played high school football at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before playing college football at Penn State from 2011 until 2014, earning the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award in 2012. [1] [2] [3] Barnes signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2015, signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2016 offseason, and was part of the San Antonio Commanders during the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF) in 2019. In 2020, he returned to his alma mater at Penn State as a graduate assistant and assistant defensive line coach. [4] [5]
Barnes was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Jets on May 8, 2015. [6] On August 28, 2016, Barnes was waived by the Jets. [7]
On October 19, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Barnes to their practice squad. [8] He was released by the Chiefs on October 26, 2016.
In 2018, Barnes joined the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football. [9] [10] The league ceased operations in April 2019. [11]
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