New York Giants UDFA Scouting Report: DT Anquin Barnes, Colorado

Anquin Barnes Jr, IDL

Height: 6’ 4 ½”
Weight: 298 lbs
Class: Fifth-year Senior
School: Colorado
Hands: 9 ½”
Arm Length: 34 ⅛”
40-Yard Dash: 5.07 seconds
Bench Press: 27 reps
Vertical: 29”
Broad Jump: 8’ 10”
20-Yard Shuttle: 4.80 seconds
3-Cone: 7.75 seconds
STATS

Anquin Barnes was a four-star defensive line commit in the 2021 recruiting class out of Percy L. Julian High School in Montgomery, Alabama, before he committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

After his first three seasons at Alabama, Barnes would transfer to Colorado to play under Deion Sanders and earn more playing time, which he saw virtually none of in Alabama.

Through his two years with Colorado, he would register five pressures with 14 stops for a tackle of three yards or fewer.

Strengths

81st percentile arm length
Played at a considerably heavier weight, was listed at 340 pounds earlier - shows the ability to gain or lose weight and maintain his play
Strong hands with pop as he makes initial contact with blockers
Capable of playing along from 0-3 techniques
Holds double-teams well against the run, doesn’t get bullied out of the way
Keeps his eyes in the backfield while engaged with blockers
Occasionally shows flashes as an initial block-shedder
Ceiling could be that of a legitimate rotational piece

Weaknesses

Struggled to crack the rotation in three years at Alabama before becoming a contributor at Colorado
Tested more athletic than he actually plays
24 years old as a rookie without much legitimate playing experience
Needs to get his pad level lower at a more consistent rate - his height puts him at an immediate leverage disadvantage
Doesn’t get his hands up to disrupt throwing lanes enough
Lacks a pass-rush plan and when he does breaks moves out, they aren’t very effective
Doesn’t know how to build off of moves

Summary

Barnes was in a weird nose/defensive tackle hybrid situation where he isn’t consistent enough to be a pure nose and isn’t explosive enough to operate as a full-time 3-technique.

With his size and power, versatility is a plus, but it’s not promising that he couldn’t earn playing time with a talented Alabama defensive line.

He could eventually develop into a rotational player, but he’s an older prospect with little big-time playing experience and even fewer flashes as an impact player, so the likelihood of that is slim.

GRADE: 5.4

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