![]() Barnes with Western Michigan in 2021 | |
No. 53 – New York Jets | |
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Position: | Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Mundelein, Illinois, U.S. | September 3, 1999
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Carmel Catholic (Mundelein, Illinois) |
College: | Western Michigan |
NFL draft: | 2023 / Round: 6 / Pick: 184 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Player stats at PFR |
Zaire Barnes (born September 3, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Western Michigan.
Barnes was ranked as a three–star recruit by 247Sports.com coming out of high school. [1] He committed to Western Michigan on June 18, 2017, over offers from Cincinnati, Bowling Green, and Central Michigan. [2] [3]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 1+5⁄8 in (1.87 m) | 232 lb (105 kg) | 32 in (0.81 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.56 s | 1.57 s | 2.63 s | 4.27 s | 7.02 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | 20 reps | |
Sources: [4] [5] |
Barnes was selected in the sixth round, 184th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft by the New York Jets. [6] On May 5, he signed a four-year contract with the Jets. [7]
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