#29 • Wide Receiver
5-11 • 180 •
Junior
Southfield, Mich.
Southfield High

2008: Played in all 12 games,
starting five...caught a team-high
38 passes for 368 yards and three
touchdowns...averaged 9.7 yards per
catch...only player to have a
reception in all 12 games...29 of
his 38 catches came in conference
play...had 17 receptions for first
downs...thrown to 55
times...returned 17 kickoffs for 399
yards...totaled 780 all-purpose
yards...caught a season-best eight
passes for 100 yards and a touchdown
at Illinois State...had seven
receptions for 47 yards at Missouri
State...caught three passes for 34
yards and a touchdown against
Indiana State...had three catches
for 33 yards at Ohio State...hauled
in three passes for 22 yards against
UNI...had three receptions, 19 yards
and one touchdown versus
Liberty...recorded his first career
touchdown reception against the
Flames...had two grabs against South
Dakota State, Southern Utah,
Southern Illinois, North Dakota
State and Western
Illinois...finished with 57 yards,
including career-long 43-yarder
against the Bison...had a lone catch
against Central State...had six
kickoff returns for 123 yards
against the Redbirds...had 223
all-purpose yards in the
contest...returned four kickoffs for
80 yards at SDSU...had four returns
for 70 yards versus Liberty...had
kickoff returns of 57 and 48 yards
against the Panthers...had a 21-yard
return against Indiana State...completed
a 35-yard pass to quarterback
Brandon Summers at Western
Illinois...had a 13-yard run against
Indiana State...started against OSU,
SDSU, NDSU, UNI and Illinois
State...credited with 482 offensive
plays...had a high of 66 plays
against Illinois State...played 54
versus UNI...received YSU Football
Alumni Club's Difference Maker Award
for performance in Homecoming game
versus UNI...named the Hill Barth &
King Special Teams Player of the
Game against UNI as well...earned his second
letter.
2007: Played in six games as a
reserve wide receiver and member of
special teams...caught three passes
for 21 yards...had a season-long
nine-yard reception against Lock
Haven...had a seven-yard grab
against Southern Illinois...had a
five-yard catch at Indiana
State...returned an onside-kick
attempt 37 yards for a touchdown in
the fourth quarter against Missouri
State...also played against Ohio
State and Stony Brook...played 127
snaps on offense and 20 on special
teams...one of six true freshmen to
see playing time...HBK Special Teams
Player of the Game against Missouri
State...earned his first
letter.
High School: Was the starting
quarterback as a junior and senior
for the Bluejays...as a senior was
an All-Detroit North Honorable
Mention selection...served as a team
captain...ran a spread offense,
which used multiple receiver
sets...for his career threw for more
than 1,600 yards and ran for over
1,000 yards...threw 17 touchdown
passes and had 11 rushing
scores...was a two-time Oakland
Activities Association Division II
all-conference selection...as a
junior was 65-of-123 for 1,021 yards
and eight touchdowns...also ran for
623 yards and five scores...coach
his senior year was Tim
Conley...also played basketball.
Personal: Parents are Doreese
and Darryl Barnes...has a
brother...born May 6,
1989...major is
pre-business. |