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Jerome Barkum with the New York Jets
With the New York Jets. Photo: Jbarkum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Jackson State, to 1971

Jerome Barkum

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Jerome Barkum played tight end at Jackson State (to 1971). The New York Jets took Barkum in the first round, No. 9 overall in the 1972 NFL Draft.

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.

In the NFL

Pro Bowl: 1973

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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