Quarterback, Alabama, 1990–⁠94

Jay Barker

Born
Jul 20, 1972, in Birmingham, Alabama

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Jay Barker played quarterback at Alabama (1990–⁠94). He won the 1994 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He finished fifth in the 1994 Heisman vote. The Green Bay Packers took Barker in round 5, No. 160 overall in the 1995 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1994
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, SEC Player of the Year and 1 more
Heisman vote
5th
In the 1994 vote
Drafted
No. 160
Round 5, 1995 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1992; SEC champions, 1992

All-America: AP third team 1994

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GGSCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
199000
1991104336650.055413116.448220.50
1992131313224354.31,61479112.264941.50
1993989817157.31,52547131.842771.81
1994131313922661.51,996145151.7871431.61
Career45384027065,68926242413362

From the college statistics table in Barker’s Wikipedia article (Jay Barker, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

DrillCombine or pro day 1995
Height6′2⅜″
Weight212 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.94 s
10-yard split1.77 s
Vertical jump27″
20-yard shuttle4.31 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2001XFLBirmingham Thunderbolts

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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