Barrett will surely edge out his brother Beauden to take the kicking duties tomorrow night against the Brumbies, while he is set for a second straight start at centre to due an injury to Vince Aso.
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd says his performance at centre against the Crusaders showed just how far his skills and maturity could take him.
"I saw some snippets of his performance in Saturday's game that maybe he could be a midfielder as well.
"He's got a wonderful skillset - he's probably a little bit tall for a halfback but I think he could genuinely play anywhere between 10 and 15 and I don't think he'd do a bad job."
That's not to say there isn't room for improvement, Boyd cautions, adding that Jordie and second-five Ngani Laumape had spent the last week working particularly hard on midfield defence.
The 1.96m youngster has rarely played at centre, particularly since leaving school, and the tweaked Hurricanes defence against the Crusaders proved a little tricky.
"I thought he coped remarkably well given a small change in philosophy around the way we defend and the fact that he doesn't often play at 13," Boyd said.
"He's had a solid week this week, we've run a lot of Brumbies plays against us today and yesterday, and I think he should cope fine."
