UTAH: Four-year letterman was an honorable mention all-conference linebacker as a senior when he led Utah in tackles … played in 50 games with 23 starts … played as a true freshman.
2018–Honorable mention All-Pac-12 … started all 14 games at middle linebacker … led Utah with 116 tackles … 10th in the Pac-12 in tackles per game (8.3) … 10.5 TFL (4.0 sacks) tied for 11th in the Pac-12 … six pass breakups … 12 tackles vs. Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game … tied for the team lead with 12 tackles against Northern Illinois and Arizona State … 11 tackles (3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack) and forced a fumble against Oregon … tied for the team lead with 11 tackles (0.5 TFL) vs. Washington … eight tackles included an assisted sack against Northwestern in the Holiday Bowl … eight tackles with 2.5 TFL (1.0 sack) at Colorado … eight tackles (1.0 TFL) and a pass breakup vs. Stanford … eight tackles (1.0 sack) and a pass breakup against Arizona … eight tackles and a pass breakup vs. USC … led Utah against UCLA with seven tackles, an interception and a pass breakup.
2017–Played in all 13 games with four starts … 45 tackles … second on the team with 4.0 sacks (4.5 TFL) … tied for the Pac-12 lead with three fumble recoveries … season-high 10 tackles (2.0 sacks), a pass breakup and a 13-yard fumble return against Colorado … eight tackles (1.0 sack) against Arizona State … seven tackles against North Dakota … recovered two fumbles and had three tackles against West Virginia in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
2016–Played in 11 games with five starts at rover (SUU, SJSU, UCLA, ASU, Oregon) … missed the final two games with an injury suffered against Oregon … team’s second-leading tackler had 66 stops, including 8.5 tackles for loss and a sack … three pass breakups … 20 tackles against Oregon was the most in a game by a Ute since 1991 … 11 tackles against Southern Utah … seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and two pass breakups against UCLA … six tackles against Arizona State included 3.0 TFL.
2015–Played in 12 games on special teams … seven tackles … two tackles against both Oregon and Washington.
HIGH SCHOOL:Salt Lake Tribuneand _Deseret News first-team all-state defensive back as a senior in 2014 … played safety and tight end … rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com … 72 total tackles and three interceptions as a senior … also had 27 receptions for 334 yards and two touchdowns in 2014 … played in just three games as a junior due to injury.
PERSONAL: Son of two former Ute two-sport athletes … father Paul played football and baseball for the Utes and spent a year in the minors with the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization … mother Mikki Kane-Barton, a member of Utah’s Crimson Club Hall of Fame, was a two-time honorable mention All-America basketball player, the 1993 Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a three-time first-team all-WAC basketball pick … she played two seasons of volleyball for the Utes and led the nation in blocks in 1993 while making the all-conference team … three siblings … older brother Jackson was an offensive tackle at Utah … younger sister Dani (Drews) plays volleyball at Utah … bachelor’s degree in economics … full name is Cody Likeke Barton.
