2024: Started all 16 games and tied his career high with 44 tackles (16 solo) while setting career highs for tackles for a loss (11), sacks (six) and QB hurries (12)…Was the only Longhorn with 10-plus tackles for a loss, 10-plus QB hurries and six-plus sacks...Recorded at least one sack in five different contests, with all of his sacks coming in SEC games or the College Football Playoff…Was credited with at least one QB hurry in seven games and multiple hurries in four contests…At Michigan (Sept. 7): Posted a tackle (assist) and tied his career high with three QB hurries...Vs. Mississippi State (Sept. 28): Posted three tackles (one solo) and a season-high 1½ sacks in the Longhorns' first-ever SEC game. On a fourth-and-15 with just over a minute to play in the game, brought down QB Michael Van Buren Jr. for a 9-yard sack to force a turnover on downs and close out the win...At Arkansas (Nov. 16): Posted a season-high seven tackles (two solo) and a sack… Vs. Kentucky (Nov. 23): Was tied for No. 2 on the team with five tackles (one solo), a sack and a season-best 2½ tackles for a loss. Teamed with LB Ty'Anthony Smith to sack QB Brock Vandagriff for a loss of 3 yards on a third-and-6 with just under two minutes to play in the second quarter to force a punt…Vs. Clemson (Dec. 21): Posted three tackles (one solo), a sack, 1½ tackles for a loss, a QB hurry and a pass defensed in a first-round College Football Playoff game.
2023: Started all 14 games, recording 37 tackles (career-best 17 solo), four sacks, 4½ tackles for a loss and a team-high 11 QB hurries…Earned All-Big 12 honorable mention from the league's coaches…Posted a tackle in every game and multiple stops in all but two contests…Posted multiple QB hurries in four contests…Earned Academic All-Big 12 first-team recognition… At Alabama (Sept. 9): Registered two tackles (one solo) and two QB hurries…Vs. Wyoming (Sept. 16): Recorded a season-high five tackles (three solo) and a sack. Late in the third quarter with the Cowboys at the Texas 10, made stops of 2 yards, no gain and a loss of 9 yards over a four-play span. The 9-yard loss was a sack that came on third-and-goal, forcing a field goal that tied the game at 10…Vs. Oklahoma (Oct. 7): Matched his season high with five tackles (four solo) in the Red River Rivalry…Vs. BYU (Oct. 28): Posted three tackles (one solo), a sack and a career-high three QB hurries…Vs. Kansas State (Nov. 4): Registered three tackles (all solo), two sacks and two QB hurries. Took down QB Will Howard for a 6-yard loss on a third-and-7 in the first quarter to force a punt…Vs. Okla*homa* State (Dec. 2): Registered two tackles (both solo) and two QB hurries in the Big 12 title game.
2022: Saw action in 13 games with 10 starts, recording a career-high 44 tackles (16 solo), 5½ sacks, nine tackles for a loss, seven QB hurries, a pass defensed and a forced fumble… Earned All-Big 12 honorable mention from the league's coaches…Posted a tackle in 12 of 13 contests and a QB hurry in six games…Earned second-team Academic All-Big 12 honors… Vs. Louisiana-Monroe (Sept. 3): Posted six tackles (one solo), two tackles for a loss and a season-high 1½ sacks…Vs. West Virginia (Oct. 1): Registered three tackles (one solo), 1½ sacks and a QB hurry, his fourth consecutive game with a QB hurry…At Oklahoma State (Oct. 22): Recorded six tackles (two solo), a shared tackle for a loss, his first career forced fumble and a QB hurry…Vs. TCU (Nov. 12): Posted career highs in tackles (11), solo tackles (four) and tackles for a loss (three) and tied his season best with 1½ sacks…Vs. Washington (Dec. 29): Recorded three tackles (all assists) and a season-high two QB hurries in the Alamo Bowl.
2021: Appeared in six games as a true freshman, recording seven tackles (three solo) and a tackle for a loss…Vs. Rice (Sept. 18): Posted an assisted tackle in his collegiate debut…Vs. Texas Tech (Sept. 25): Recorded four tackles (three solo) and his first career tackle for a loss, bringing down RB SaRodorick Thompson Jr. for a 3-yard loss on a run late in the third quarter on fourth-and-2.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was an all-state and academic all-state honoree as well as an all-district selection at Holy Cross High School (New Orleans, La.), where he played defensive end, defensive tackle and tight end during his career…Played TE as a freshman and sophomore in 2017 and 2018 before moving to DE as a junior in 2019...Helped Holy Cross to a Division 1 first-round playoff appearance all four years... Earned honorable mention 5A all-state honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as a senior in 2020...Also earned second-team all-state recognition from Louisiana MaxPreps and earned first-team All-District 9-5A honors…Was named an iHigh Great American Rivalry Series scholar-athlete.
PERSONAL: Given name Barryn Joseph Sorrell…Name is pronounced BAIR-in sore-ELL…Born in New Orleans, La. … Read to kids at the YMCA in Austin, Texas…Worked with older people as part of the Power for Parkinson's program.
