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Receiver, Bowling Green, 2005–⁠09

Freddie Barnes

Number: No. 7
Height: 6′2″
Hometown: Chicago Hts., IL
Born: Dec 6, 1986, in Chicago, Illinois

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Freddie Barnes played receiver at Bowling Green (2005–⁠09).

Best season: 1,770; Receiving yards, 2009 (Bowling Green, 7–⁠6)
Best game: 278 yards; At Kent State, week 6, 2009: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank: No. 1; In the nation in receptions, 2009

158rushing yards, career highvs. Wisconsin, 2006 2rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last at Ohio, 2006 22catches, career highat Kent State, 2009 278receiving yards, career highat Kent State, 2009 3receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Idaho, 2009

Honors

All-America: FWAA 2009; Walter Camp second team 2009; AP third team 2009; Sporting News third team 2009

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

203

962

364

1,770

4–⁠88–⁠56–⁠67–⁠6

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2006*	Bowling Green	20	203	10.2	2	31
2007*	Bowling Green	82	962	11.7	9	44
2008*	Bowling Green	41	364	8.9	0	22
2009	Bowling Green	155	1,770	11.4	19	59
Career		298	3,299	11.1	30	59

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2006*	Bowling Green	96	405	4.2	9	26
2007*	Bowling Green	3	11	3.7	0	8
2008*	Bowling Green	22	86	3.9	0	21
2009	Bowling Green	25	78	3.1	2	20
Career		146	580	4.0	11	26

Returns

Season	Team	PR	Yds
2007*	Bowling Green	1	7
2009	Bowling Green	16	117
Career		17	124

Passing

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2006*	Bowling Green	27	50	54.0	210	4.2	1	2
2007*	Bowling Green	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	1
2008*	Bowling Green	3	4	75.0	31	7.8	2	0
2009	Bowling Green	3	7	42.9	7	1.0	0	0
Career		33	63	52.4	248	3.9	3	3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2006	Bowling Green	7	WR
2007	Bowling Green	7	WR
2008	Bowling Green	7	WR
2009	Bowling Green	7	WR	6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Bowling Green 13 games, 155 catches, 1,770 yards, 19 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 3	vs.Troy	W 31–⁠14	15	157	2	31	5
Sep 12	atMissouri	L 20–⁠27	10	70	0	15	23
Sep 19	atMarshall	L 10–⁠17	17	109	0	13	–
Sep 26	vs.Boise State	L 14–⁠49	4	24	0	10	−13
Oct 3	vs.Ohio	L 37–⁠44	7	84	0	21	5
Oct 10	atKent State	W 36–⁠35	22	278	3	55	9
Oct 17	atBall State	W 31–⁠17	10	160	3	41	12
Oct 24	vs.Central Michigan	L 10–⁠24	14	172	1	51	−11
Nov 3	atBuffalo	W 30–⁠29	8	122	1	23	5
Nov 12	atMiami (OH)	W 35–⁠14	10	109	2	59	25
Nov 20	vs.Akron	W 36–⁠20	12	197	2	53	15
Nov 27	vs.Toledo	W 38–⁠24	9	69	2	17	–
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Idaho	L 42–⁠43	17	219	3	51	3

2008 Bowling Green 9 games, 41 catches, 364 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	Long	Rush
Aug 30	atPittsburgh	W 27–⁠17	3	21	11	14
Sep 6	vs.Minnesota	L 17–⁠42	3	21	9	25
Sep 13	atBoise State	L 7–⁠20	6	46	18	15
Sep 27	atWyoming	W 45–⁠16	4	15	6	–
Oct 4	vs.Eastern Michigan	L 21–⁠24	4	44	22	–
Oct 11	atAkron	W 37–⁠33	5	59	18	–
Oct 18	vs.Miami (OH)	L 20–⁠27	3	21	12	7
Nov 21	vs.Buffalo	L 34–⁠40	10	107	21	25
Nov 28	atToledo	W 38–⁠10	3	30	18	–

2007 Bowling Green 13 games, 82 catches, 962 yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 1	atMinnesota	W 32–⁠31	6	99	0	26	–
Sep 8	atMichigan State	L 17–⁠28	9	80	0	15	–
Sep 22	vs.Temple	W 48–⁠35	8	96	2	21	–
Sep 29	vs.Western Kentucky	W 41–⁠21	6	43	1	14	–
Oct 6	atBoston College	L 24–⁠55	8	112	2	32	2
Oct 13	atMiami (OH)	L 14–⁠47	4	42	0	11	–
Oct 20	atKent State	W 31–⁠20	3	32	0	20	9
Oct 27	vs.Ohio	L 27–⁠38	8	89	1	30	–
Nov 2	vs.Akron	W 44–⁠20	8	79	0	22	–
Nov 9	atEastern Michigan	W 39–⁠32	2	40	1	20	–
Nov 17	atBuffalo	W 31–⁠17	10	113	1	44	–
Nov 23	vs.Toledo	W 37–⁠10	5	66	1	21	–
Jan 6 ✦	vs.Tulsa	L 7–⁠63	5	71	0	32	–

2006 Bowling Green 10 games, 210 passing yards, 1 TD; 405 rushing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 2	vs.Wisconsin	L 14–⁠35	–	–	–	–	158
Sep 9	vs.Buffalo	W 48–⁠40	–	–	–	–	99
Sep 16	atFlorida International	W 33–⁠28	1	3	1	3	70
Sep 23	vs.Kent State	L 3–⁠38	–	–	–	–	28
Sep 30	atOhio	W 21–⁠9	4	68	0	31	37
Oct 7	atOhio State	L 7–⁠35	3	14	0	6	10
Oct 14	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 24–⁠21	4	49	0	24	2
Oct 19	atCentral Michigan	L 14–⁠31	5	43	1	19	1
Nov 4	atAkron	L 28–⁠35	1	19	0	19	–
Nov 21	atToledo	L 21–⁠31	2	7	0	8	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2010 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 13–⁠10).

Drill	Pro day 2010
Height	6′0″
Weight	215 lb
40-yard dash	4.67 s
Vertical jump	30½″
Broad jump	8′11″
Bench press	12 reps
3-cone drill	7.16 s
20-yard shuttle	4.55 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

Years	League	Team
2011	Arena	Chicago Rush *
2011	CFL	Saskatchewan Roughriders
2013	Arena	Chicago Rush *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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Career path

20052-star recruit, No. 966 in the nation, from Homewood-Flossmoor, Chicago Hts., IL
2005–⁠09Bowling Green

Big days

Weeks this player had one of the three biggest games of that kind in FBS. Ranked by yards plus 20 for each touchdown (passing: less 20 for each interception); defense (from 2016, when the box scores carry tackles) by points: 8 a tackle, 12 a tackle for loss, 30 a sack (a sack is also a tackle for loss, so 42 in all), 40 an interception, 60 a touchdown.

17 catches, 219 yards, 3 TDvs. Idaho, bowl season, 2009: No. 1 receiving game in FBS
12 catches, 197 yards, 2 TDvs. Akron, week 12, 2009: No. 1 receiving game in FBS
10 catches, 160 yards, 3 TDat Ball State, week 7, 2009: No. 2 receiving game in FBS
22 catches, 278 yards, 3 TDat Kent State, week 6, 2009: No. 1 receiving game in FBS

At a glance

Career highs