Kevin Barnes might be a beast undercover

he needs to beef up a little. I haven't seen him play much. Do you guys anticipate he'll be able to keep his quickness/speed and add 8-10 pounds?

I don't see why not as long as he keeps training well. He's got the type of frame that still needs some filling out it appears.

Why does everyone think he's such a big hitter? Oh yeah, that one play in that one game.

One of the knocks on him is poor run support, and despite the one hit against Cal that everyone is drooling over, apparently he wasn't a very physical tacker. And that was before fracturing his shoulder.

I think he's a good player, but I think too many people are making assumptions from one play that showed run support and big hitting - two of his weaknesses apparently.

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I saw him play a lot, and he's a good player. the Terps were particularly very physical during the Cal game, and maybe people are blowing that out of proportion (shit, for once people are blowing something positive out proportion though, so I'm fine with that). Maryland has produced some very good defensive player drafted in the later rounds, Domonique Foxworth comes to mind, a low round CB that has turned out to be a good starter in the league. Madieu Williams is another, I think he was drafted in the mid to lower rounds and is a pretty good starter.

I'm a huge Virginia Tech fan and follow the ACC very closely. Yes Barnes is solid and can pop you but come on haha your talking about him as if he is Sean Taylor????? You have got to be kidding. He has one good hit against Cal. God knows i hope he is a steal and a stud. But it doesn't matter we should have got the CB from Vanderbilt. Barnes draft grade was 70 the Vandy guy 87. Lets not get to crazy about this guy yet.

Yeah, Barnes is a striker. Dude can smack you. What got me was that Cal game. Oh man, hopefully he comes in and does some damage.

I was at that Cal game...oh my! I just remember Best lying on the ground puking up green gatorade after that one hit

I was at the Cal game too and all of Byrd Stadium let out a collective OHHHHHHH, when he laid that hit

I'm a Maryland fan so I may be biased. I think he probably would have graded higher if he hadn't missed half the season. I am very happy with this pick, Barnes isn't afraid to go lay a hit on a RB, he has great speed and jumping ability & he doesn't drop easy interceptions.

One of the experts deemed him as not physical enough, so I have no idea. Never seen him play before. So let's not annoint him yet. Hopefully we've found a good player.

Was Macho Harris still available at our 3rd round pick? I think he was. Without doing research i wonder who was graded out better? For us Barnes must have.

Macho Harris was still there when we picked Barnes

Macho Harris was still there when we picked Barnes

Macho Harris was there because he is not as good as Barnes. Pretty simple. Actually he was there for a couple rounds after that as well. Before his injury, Barnes was projected late first/early second.

I'm a huge Virginia Tech fan and follow the ACC very closely. Yes Barnes is solid and can pop you but come on haha your talking about him as if he is Sean Taylor????? You have got to be kidding. He has one good hit against Cal. God knows i hope he is a steal and a stud. But it doesn't matter we should have got the CB from Vanderbilt. Barnes draft grade was 70 the Vandy guy 87. Lets not get to crazy about this guy yet.

I'm surprised that you, as a VT fan, didn't compare Barnes to Victor "Macho" Harris. I think that the two of them are similar. I just love the way both of them play the game all out all the time.

I assume the Skins graded Barnes higher because he is a little faster and a better leaper than Harris. I like the Barnes pick, but I would have been just as happy with Macho Harris.

Barnes is a very good player, although he hasn't played as many games as I would have liked. Also, I really believe that he needs to bulk up some to better protect himself against injury. Other than that, he has all the physical tools. The things I like most about him are his strong competitive desire and that fact that he is a ball hawk.

As for the Vandy guy, I don't like the idea of drafting a small corner. The WR's have gotten so big that a small CB has a greater disadvantage than ever before against them.

Let's not discount the cerebral part of this pick either. He scored a 41 on the Wonderlic and let's face it, that would be an improvement if that part translates to the field over Rogers and Smoot. It's clear from this offseason our #1 goal has been to build an elite level defense and being able to go at least 4 deep at CB is a major part of that.