The Green Bay Packers have one of the NFL’s most surprising rookie defenders to start the 2020 season.
Linebacker Krys Barnes, an undrafted free agent from UCLA, is receiving national recognition after emerging as a surprise starter for Mike Pettine’s defense. Pro Football Focus, who grades every player on every play of every game, named Barnes to the site’s All-Rookie Team after four games. According to PFF, Barnes has seven stops – or a tackle constituting a failure for the offense – and zero missed tackles over 85 snaps.
Overall, he’s the site’s second-highest graded rookie linebacker among players with at least 25 snaps played.