
Tanner Barnes brings old-school edge to Wofford’s front seven
Tanner Barnes entered Wofford as a high-motor, high-production defender after a Hillcrest career that featured 115 tackles and 18.5 sacks as a senior, plus 81 tackles and 9 sacks as a junior in 2018. His calling card is clear: relentless effort, physicality, and a proven knack for disrupting plays in the backfield, which makes him the kind of DL who can raise a defense’s intensity as much as its stat line. The fit question is simple—if you want toughness, burst, and attitude, Barnes checks those boxes.