Tight end, Louisville, 2004–07
Gary Barnidge
- Hometown
- Middleburg, FL
- Born
- Sep 22, 1985
Gary Barnidge played tight end at Louisville (2004–07). The Carolina Panthers took Barnidge in round 5, No. 141 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8catches, career hightwice; last at UConn, 2007126receiving yards, career highvs. Middle Tennessee, 20072receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Middle Tennessee, 2007Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2004; Big East champions, 2006
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Louisville | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 4 | 25 |
| 2005 | Louisville | 17 | 240 | 14.1 | 2 | 48 |
| 2006 | Louisville | 31 | 511 | 16.5 | 4 | 59 |
| 2007 | Louisville | 53 | 655 | 12.4 | 7 | 81 |
| Career | 108 | 1,491 | 13.8 | 17 | 81 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| On file | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2007 Louisville 12 games, 53 catches, 655 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Murray State | W 73–10 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 20 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 58–42 | 4 | 126 | 2 | 81 |
| Sep 15 | at Kentucky | L 34–40 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Syracuse | L 35–38 | 6 | 68 | 1 | 20 |
| Sep 29 | at NC State | W 29–10 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Utah | L 35–44 | 8 | 93 | 1 | 30 |
| Oct 13 | at Cincinnati | W 28–24 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 18 |
| Oct 19 | at UConn | L 17–21 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 12 |
| Oct 27 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 24–17 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 21 |
| Nov 8 | at West Virginia | L 31–38 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 18 |
| Nov 17 | at South Florida | L 17–55 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Rutgers | W 41–38 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 30 |
2006 Louisville 11 games, 31 catches, 511 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.Kentucky | W 59–28 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 22 |
| Sep 9 | at Temple | W 62–0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Miami | W 31–7 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 24 |
| Sep 23 | at Kansas State | W 24–6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | atMiddle Tennessee | W 44–17 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Cincinnati | W 23–17 | 5 | 96 | 1 | 59 |
| Oct 21 | atSyracuse | W 28–13 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Nov 18 | vs.South Florida | W 31–8 | 5 | 112 | 0 | 37 |
| Nov 25 | atPittsburgh | W 48–24 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 15 |
| Dec 2 | vs.UConn | W 48–17 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 34 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Wake Forest | W 24–13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 |
2005 Louisville 10 games, 17 catches, 240 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | atKentucky | W 31–24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Oregon State | W 63–27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Sep 24 | atSouth Florida | L 14–45 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 |
| Oct 15 | atWest Virginia | L 44–46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Oct 22 | atCincinnati | W 46–22 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 19 |
| Nov 3 | vs.Pittsburgh | W 42–20 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Rutgers | W 56–5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Syracuse | W 41–17 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 48 |
| Dec 3 | atUConn | W 30–20 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 27 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Virginia Tech | L 24–35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 |
2004 Louisville 6 games, 7 catches, 85 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | vs. East Carolina | W 59–7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Nov 4 | at Memphis | W 56–49 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 17 |
| Nov 10 | vs. TCU | W 55–28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 |
| Nov 20 | at Houston | W 65–27 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 27 | vs.Cincinnati | W 70–7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Boise State | W 44–40 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Combine or pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅝″ | |
| Weight | 243 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.65 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.53 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′9″ | |
| Bench press | 22 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.92 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.23 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 92 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
Pro Bowl: 2015
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Carolina Panthers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Carolina Panthers | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Carolina Panthers | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 92 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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