17–0
88Overall
CBSEC

Jahdae Barron

Texas · Cornerback · 2020-24

INT
8
PD
21
TKL
210

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Barron won the Jim Thorpe Award in 2024.

Barron was a consensus All-American in 2024 and a first-team all-conference pick in 2024.

From 2020 to 2024, Barron recorded 210 tackles. From 2022 to 2024, Barron also had 8 interceptions.

Barron was the No. 20 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 88 overall, the 2nd-highest cornerback rating at Texas since 1990 and No. 8 among all cornerbacks of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2023
    • Second-team all-conference
  2. 2024
    • Jim Thorpe Award
    • Consensus All-American
    • First-team all-conference
  3. 2025
    • No. 20 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Jahdae Barron season-by-season statistics at Texas
SeasonTklPDInt
2020310
20211830
20226722
20235551
202467105
Total210218

Seasons with tracked stats at Texas. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Texas Teammates

  1. 90T'Vondre Sweat2019-23EDGE
  2. 90Bijan Robinson2020-22RB
  3. 86Joseph Ossai2018-20LB
  4. 83Michael Taaffe2022-25S
  5. 83Anthony Hill Jr.2023-25LB
  6. 80Xavier Worthy2021-23WR
  7. 77Sam Ehlinger2017-20QB
  8. 77Ja'Tavion Sanders2022-23TE
  9. 77Andrew Mukuba2024S
  10. 75Quinn Ewers2022-24QB

Full Texas all-time roster

Top Cornerbacks of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 98Travis HunterColorado · 2023-24CB
  2. 90Clark Phillips IIIUtah · 2020-22CB
  3. 90Cooper DeJeanIowa · 2021-23CB
  4. 90Patrick Surtain IIAlabama · 2018-20CB
  5. 90Sauce GardnerCincinnati · 2019-21CB
  6. 90Nohl WilliamsCalifornia · 2023-24CB
  7. 90Beanie BishopWest Virginia · 2023CB
  8. 88Coby BryantCincinnati · 2017-21CB

Best college cornerbacks since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Jahdae Barron) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.