University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: A preseason second-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection by Phil Steele Publications, also garnering third-team preseason all-league honors from Athlon Sports ... Named by Street & Smiths’s as the hardest hitter in the league ... Expected to start at the ‘Sam’ linebacker position in the fall ... Credited with a pair of solo stops in the iHeartRadio Red-Blue Game ... Shared the team lead after making six total tackles in the program’s second spring scrimmage.

As A Junior (2017): Started five times — including each of the last four contests — while playing in every game ... Selected honorable mention all-Sun Belt Conference after finishing third on the squad with a career-best 77 total tackles and two forced fumbles ... Was credited with three stops behind the line of scrimmage including a sack ... Also had four quarterback hurries, tied for best on the team ... Led USA in stops on four occasions ... Received coaches’ award for big hit following three of the Jaguars’ four wins ... Named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week after posted a career-best 13 tackles — sharing game-high honors — with one for a loss of two yards and a forced fumble in Senior Day victory over Arkansas State ... That figure was tied for the most recorded by a Jag on the year ... Tied for team- and game-high honors with 12 stops in season finale at New Mexico State ... Had two tackles for a loss of 20 yards including a sack against the Aggies ... Shared the team lead with eight tackles and forced a fumble in Homecoming victory over ULM ... Tied for team- and game-high honors with eight tackles in home opener against nationally-ranked Oklahoma State ... Also credited with eight stops at Georgia Southern and seven with a quarterback hurry against Louisiana.

As A Sophomore (2016): Played in all 13 contests, with his only start coming in the home opener against Georgia Southern ... Credited with a career-high 54 tackles, which included 2½ behind the line of scrimmage ... Also recorded three quarterback hurries and a forced fumble ... Made nine stops in his lone start, the highest total of his career ... Posted eight tackles with an assist for a loss at Arkansas State ... Posted six stops in back-to-back outings against Troy and Georgia State, earning the coaches’ linebacker award following a win over the latter ... Had four tackles in season-opening victory at Mississippi State as well as win over No. 19 San Diego State ... Finished with three stops in each of the last three games of the regular season, with a tackle for loss and forced fumble in a defeat of Presbyterian in the first of those outings ... Recorded an assist behind the line in consecutive contests against Louisiana and Nicholls.

As A Freshman (2015): Recorded 36 stops in 12 outings his first season at the collegiate level, starting two contests ... Collected a season-best seven tackles, with three of those unassisted, at Nebraska ... Posted six stops each of the next two weeks in a win over Mountain West Conference champion San Diego State and against North Carolina State ... Also finished with six tackles at Georgia Southern, then had five including an assist behind the line of scrimmage in the season finale against Appalachian State ... Credited with two stops in victory over Louisiana and against Sun Belt Conference champion Arkansas State.

High School Highlights: Received three stars from 247Sports.com, as well as two from both Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Lettered in football and track at Colquitt County High ... Set the program’s season tackle record and is also the school’s all-time leader in the category with 481 stops ... Other career totals include four sacks, three interceptions, three forced fumbles and a pair of scores ... Helped the Packers go 15-0 on the way to the state AAAAAA championship his final year ... Credited with 185 total tackles as a senior — a figure which included 102 solo stops — with three sacks ... Caused one fumble and had a fumble recovery as well.

Personal: Full name is De’Themeyus Terrill Barge ... Born Oct. 28, 1996, in Moultrie, Ga. ... Son of De’Themeyus and Brenda Barge ... Favorite movie is “Friday” ... Favorite team is the New York Jets ... Favorite athletes are Patrick Willis and Denzel Perryman ... Favorite musical artist is Rich Homie Quan ... Likes Japanese food ... Favorite subject is math ... Likes to play video games in his spare time ... Would like to own a physical therapy practice ... Was also recruited by Troy, Georgia Southern and Middle Tennessee ... A leisure studies major.