2025 SEASON: Played in 14 games with one start and recorded 15 tackles (seven solo), 1½ sacks, three QB hits, a fumble recovery and nine QB pressures…Was inactive for three games (Week 1, knee; Weeks 15 and 17, healthy scratch)…Vs. Washington (Sept. 11): Made his NFL debut, appearing on eight defensive snaps and registering two QB pressures. Recorded his first NFL sack when he split a sack of QB Jayden Daniels with DL Karl Brooks in the fourth quarter…Vs. Cincinnati (Oct. 12): Appeared on eight special teams snaps and 13 defensive snaps, recording a QB pressure and a QB hit on QB Joe Flacco in the fourth quarter…At N.Y. Giants (Nov. 16): Saw action on 12 defensive snaps and posted an assisted tackle. Combined with LB Quay Walker to hold RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. to a gain of a yard on a third-quarter run…Vs. Chicago (Dec. 7): Saw action on 11 defensive snaps, posting an assisted tackle and a QB pressure. Combined with Walker to limit RB Kyle Monangai to a gain of a yard on a second-quarter run. Pressured QB Caleb Williams on a fourth-quarter dropback, forcing him to scramble for a 2-yard gain…At Minnesota (Jan. 4): Played 52 defensive snaps (No. 1 on the team among defensive linemen), registering a career-high eight tackles (five solo), a sack, a tackle for a loss, a fumble recovery, a QB hit and a career-best three QB pressures in his first NFL start. Recorded the first full sack of his career when he brought down QB Max Brosmer on a third down in the third quarter, which forced Minnesota to punt on the following play. Became the first Green Bay rookie dating back to 2000 to register eight-plus tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery in a game, and was the first Green Bay defensive lineman to hit those marks in a game since Holliday did so at Tennessee on Dec. 16, 2001…At Chicago (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 10): Played 28 snaps on defense and registered an assisted tackle in his NFL playoff debut. Combined with Walker to bring down RB D'Andre Swift short of the line to gain on a third-down reception in the third quarter, which led to LB Ty'Ron Hopper picking off Williams on the next play…2025 Draft: Selected by the Packers in the fourth round (No. 124 overall).
COLLEGE: Played in 49 games with 40 starts in four seasons (2021-24), starting his final 30 college contests and leading the Longhorns with 15½ sacks over his final three seasons…Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors in 2023 and second-team Academic All-Big 12 recognition in 2022, and was a three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023)…Earned his degree in corporate communications…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…Posted three tackles (one solo) and a season-high 1½ sacks vs. Mississippi State (Sept. 28) 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...Was tied for No. 2 on the team with five tackles (one solo), a sack and a season-best 2½ tackles for a loss vs. Kentucky (Nov. 23)…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 vs. Clemson (Dec. 21)…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…Earned Academic All-Big 12 first-team recognition…Recorded a season-high five tackles (three solo) and a sack vs. Wyoming (Sept. 16)…Posted three tackles (one solo), a sack and a career-high three QB hurries vs. BYU (Oct. 28)…Registered three tackles (all solo), two sacks and two QB hurries vs. Kansas State (Nov. 4)…Registered two tackles (both solo) and two QB hurries in the Big 12 title game vs. Oklahoma State (Dec. 2)...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…Earned second-team Academic All-Big 12 honors…Posted six tackles (one solo), two tackles for a loss and a season-high 1½ sacks vs. Louisiana-Monroe (Sept. 3)…Recorded six tackles (two solo), a shared tackle for a loss, his first career forced fumble and a QB hurry at Oklahoma State (Oct. 22)…Posted career highs in tackles (11), solo tackles (four) and tackles for a loss (three) and tied his season best with 1½ sacks vs. TCU (Nov. 12)…Recorded three tackles (all assists) and a season-high two QB hurries in the Alamo Bowl vs. Washington (Dec. 29)…2021: Appeared in six games as a true freshman, recording seven tackles (three solo) and a tackle for a loss…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 vs. Texas Tech (Sept. 25).
PERSONAL: Given name Barryn Joseph Sorrell…Name is pronounced BAIR-in sore-ELL…Born in New Orleans, La. … 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...Community involvement: Hosted a youth football camp at his alma mater, Holy Cross (New Orleans)…Took part in My Cause My Cleats, supporting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention…Signed autographs to help raise money for The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign, a program where all proceeds raised go toward aiding families in need, seniors and people experiencing homelessness in the Green Bay area…Read to kids at the YMCA in Austin, Texas…Worked with older people as part of the Power for Parkinson's program.
