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Tayden Barnes Season 2025

PositionS
Weight185 lbs
Height5-8
ClassRedshirt Sophomore
HometownAmarillo, Texas
Previous SchoolNew Mexico State
Prior to Cincinnati 
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2, 2024)...2024 Conference USA All-Freshman...2024 College Football Network All-CUSA Honorable Mention...All-CUSA Honorable Mention...Appeared in and started all 12 games for the Aggies in his first season of collegiate action… Ranked third on the team in total tackles with 57, including 38 solo takedowns from the nickel position…Finished tied for the team lead in both interceptions (2) and pass breakups (6)… Also tallied 1.5 tackles for loss and forced one fumble… Logged a career-high nine tackles and the game-sealing interception in the season opener against SEMO on Aug. 31 which earned him the league’s first Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week honor of the season...Posted eight tackles to help lead the Aggies to a road win at MTSU on Nov. 23...Redshirted in 2023.