2021: Saw action in one game on the year, playing vs. Florida A&M (9/18)...registered two tackles in his lone appearance.
2020: Saw action in just one game after working his way up the depth chart...played at Notre Dame but then missed the majority of the season due to injury.
2019: Saw action in 10 games…finished the season with 15 tackles, including a season-high four tackles and one tackle for loss vs. Temple (11/7).
2018: Played in 11 games (one start) in his first season on the field…totaled 18 tackles (10 solo), 2.0 sacks and 2.0 tackles for loss with one QB hurry…earned his first career start at defensive tackle against East Carolina (9/22)…posted a career-high four tackles three times on the year (last vs. UConn, 10/20)…also finished with four tackles against Georgia Tech (9/8) and Illinois (9/15)...registered the first sack of his career at Illinois…tied his career high with one sack at Tulsa (10/12).
VENICE HS: Named 2017 first-team Class 7A All-State by FloridaHSFootball.com...posted 137 tackles (83 solo), 13.0 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks during his senior campaign at Venice HS…helped Venice to go 14-1 (5-0 in the district) and rank among the top teams in the nation…Venice won its second-ever Florida Class 7A state championship after defeating Bartram Trail (37-24) in the championship game and knocking off three-time reigning state champion St. Thomas Aquinas in the semifinals…totaled 232 tackles (135 solo), 18.0 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks and 15.0 quarterback hurries in his last two seasons at Venice HS while playing in 27 games…averaged 8.6 tackles per game over his last two seasons…posted 95 tackles (52 solo) and 6.0 sacks in helping Venice reach the Class 7A state semifinal as a junior…played his first two seasons at North Port HS.
PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 18, 2000, in North Port, Fla....the son of Lonnie Barber and Tenia Kirsey...has two brothers, Malek and Elijah, and one sister, Jayla...majoring in integrated public relations and advertising.Â
BARBER’S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles 4, (4X), last vs. Temple (11/7/19)
TFL 1, (3X), last vs. Temple (11/7/19)
Sacks 1.0, (2X), last at Tulsa (10/12/18)
BARBER GAME-BY-GAME STATS
2021Â Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Florida A&M (2-1-1)
2019 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
South Carolina State (1-0-1); SMU (1-1-0); Navy (2-2-0); East Carolina (3-0-3); Temple (4-2-2); Cincinnati (1-0-1); UCF (2-0-2)
2018 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Elon (1-0-1); Georgia Tech (3-2-1); Illinois (4-2-2); East Carolina (2-1-1); UMass (1-1-0); Tulsa (2-1-1); UConn (4-2-2).
