Ramses Barden

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Ramses Barden
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Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1986-01-01) January 1, 1986 (age 37)
Altadena, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: La Cañada Flintridge (CA) Flintridge Prep
College: Cal Poly
NFL Draft: 2009  / Round: 3 / Pick: 85
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • Super Bowl champion (XLVI)
  • 2x FCS First Team All-American (2007, 2008)
  • 2x Walter Payton Award candidate (2007, 2008)
  • 2x Great West Conference Offensive Player of the Year (2007/co, 2008)
  • All-Time Great West Conference Team selection
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:29
Receiving yards:394
Receiving touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com

Ramses Alexander Barden [1] (born January 1, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Cal Poly SLO and was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. [2] Against the New England Patriots, Barden won Super Bowl XLVI with the Giants.

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Early years

Barden was born in Altadena, California. He played high school football at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada Flintridge, California. The three-time all-league selection caught 41 passes for 915 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior, while also playing free safety. As well as playing football, Barden averaged 17 points per game in basketball and competed also in volleyball and track and field. He was also named small schools High School Athlete of the Year, while being pursued by UPenn, Stanford, San Diego, and Cal Poly. Barden ultimately signed with the Cal Poly Mustangs.

Collegiate career

Freshman season

Barden arrived at Cal Poly in 2004, but redshirted his true freshman season. In 2005 as a redshirt freshman, Barden led the Mustangs with 40 receptions for 655 yards and 9 touchdowns en route to being named a first-team All-Great West Conference selection. In the game against Southern Utah, Barden caught a career-high 9 receptions, while blocking two field goal attempts in games against South Dakota State and North Dakota State.

Sophomore season

As a sophomore in 2006, Barden again led Cal Poly with 42 receptions for 824 yards and 5 touchdowns while being named a first-team All-Great West selection for the second-straight season. In the September matchup against Sacramento State, Barden earned Great West Conference Player of the Week honors with his 9-reception, 200-yard and 2-touchdown performance. In the following game against San Jose State, he had 7 catches for 110 yards and a score. Barden's 824 receiving yards placed 11th on the all-time school single-season list, while he was named a College Sporting All-American.

Junior season

As a junior in 2007, Barden made the All-Great West First Team and was named the Great West Co-Offensive Player of the Year. [3] He had 57 receptions for 1,467 yards and 18 touchdowns. [2] In a 48-28 win over Idaho State, he had 10 catches for a career-high 268 yards, and 3 touchdowns. Following the year, he finished 15th in the Walter Payton Award voting, collecting 30 points, including one first-place ballot. [4]

Senior season

As a senior in 2008, Barden matched his junior-year mark of 18 touchdowns and improved his reception total with 67. [2] He had 1,257 yards receiving. [2] Midway through the season, a Cal Poly student began printing T-shirts stating "Throw it to Ramses" which became sought-after items in the student section at Spanos Stadium. [5] Barden finished his Cal Poly career with 206 receptions, 4,203 yards, and 50 touchdowns. In his last game at Cal Poly, he had 108 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-35 loss to Weber State in the first round of the FCS playoffs. After the year, Barden finished fourth in the Payton Award voting, gathering 127 total points in the balloting, including four first-place votes. [6]

Collegiate Statistics

YearTeamGGSRecYardsAVGTD
2005 CP 13134065516.49
2006 CP 11114282419.65
2007 CP 1111571,46725.718
2008 CP 1111671,25718.818
Totals46462064,20320.450

NCAA records

Professional career

" "I think my size will give me an advantage in getting off the line of scrimmage and competing for the ball. And with this game being physical (it'll help) when the ball is in the air, enabling me to make plays." [2]

Ramses Barden, 2009

Pre-draft

At the NFL Combine, Barden measured in at 6-foot-6.5 tall and 225 pounds. He timed at 4.61 seconds in the 40-yard dash, lifted 17 reps on the bench press, recorded a 33.5" vertical jump, and a 9' 10" broad jump. [9] He was also the tallest receiver in the draft class. [2]

New York Giants

In the 2009 NFL Draft, the Giants moved up six spots in the third round of the draft to select Barden. [10] [2] The move up cost the Giants their own third-round pick (91st overall) and one of their two fifth-rounders (164th), which they sent to their division rivals, the Philadelphia Eagles. [2] He saw little playing time in his rookie season, participating in three games and recording 1 catch for 16 yards. In his second season, he had 5 catches for 64 yards in three games before being placed on injured reserve on November 16, 2010 after breaking his ankle and suffering ligament damage. [11] [12] Placed on the Active/Physically-Unable-To-Perform List on July 29, 2011, he returned to action on November 6, 2011, catching 2 passes for 24 yards in a win against the New England Patriots.

Barden caught an 11-yard touchdown pass during the first half of New York's preseason game against Chicago on August 24, 2012. [13] On September 20, 2012 vs. the Carolina Panthers, with Hakeem Nicks out with a foot injury, Barden had a breakout performance, with 9 catches for 138 yards. [14] [15] In 2013 Barden was re-signed during the Giants' training camp, although he was released shortly before the regular season began on August 31.

Buffalo Bills

After sitting out the entire 2013 NFL season, Barden signed with the Buffalo Bills on January 16, 2014. He was released on July 21, 2014.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Barden was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 6, 2014. The Jaguars released Barden on August 24, 2014. [16]

Life after football

On July 6, 2015, Barden took part in a tryout with the Essendon Football Club. The tryout was limited to 10 minutes and Barden was not offered a contract or a second tryout after. He now works as a coach for the football team of Flintridge Preparatory School. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ramses Barden Pro Football Reference Profile". pro-football-reference.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Giants get their 'big' wide receiver, draft 6-6, 229-pound Ramses Barden
  3. ↑ Blevins, Dave (2012). College Football Awards: All National and Conference Winners Through 2010. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 171–172. ISBN   978-0-7864-9080-6.
  4. ↑ "Jayson Foster wins the 2007 Walter Payton Award". Georgia Southern Athletics. December 13, 2007.
  5. ↑ Yohe-Mellor, Breehan (November 12, 2008). "Barden T-shirts a student-section sensation". Mustang Daily. p. 16. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Edwards Wins Payton Award". App State Sports. December 18, 2008.
  7. ↑ 2022 NCAA Football Records (NCAA Publications)
  8. ↑ Scroggin, Joshua D. (April 25, 2009). "Ramses Barden Hopes He'll Be an NFL Team's Prize Catch". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). pp. S1.
  9. ↑ Ramses Barden at NFL
  10. ↑ "2009 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  11. ↑ Tom Coughlin New York Giants WR Ramses Barden 'unlikely' to return - ESPN New York
  12. ↑ Ramses Barden lands on injured reserve with broken ankle, ending season for Giants wide receiver
  13. ↑ "Jason Campbell, Bears rally in 2nd half, upend Giants". Associated Press. August 25, 2012.
  14. ↑ Garafolo, Mike (September 21, 2012). "Giants WR Barden plays part of Megatron vs. Panthers". USA Today. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  15. ↑ Sabino, David (October 1, 2012). "Ramses Barden a Giant Among Giants". Sports Illustrated.
  16. ↑ CB Mike Harris among 11 players released
  17. ↑ "The Australian Bringing Former NFLers to Aussie Rules". YouTube.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
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