Tavaris Barnes Sr. (born November 2, 1991) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at Clemson, and signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2015.
.jpg) Barnes with the DC Defenders in 2020 | |||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Born: | November 2, 1991 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 267 lb (121 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school: | First Coast (Jacksonville, Florida) | ||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2015 | ||||
| Career history | |||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||
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Professional career
editNew Orleans Saints
editOn May 2, 2015, Barnes signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent.[1] On September 5, Barnes made the New Orleans Saints 53-man roster.[2] On April 25, 2016, he was waived.[3]
Seattle Seahawks
editOn April 28, 2016, the Seattle Seahawks signed Barnes to their roster.[4] On August 9, he was waived.[5]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
editOn May 31, 2017, Barnes was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[6] He was waived on September 2, 2017.[7]
Washington Redskins
editOn November 8, 2017, Barnes was signed to the Washington Redskins' practice squad.[8] He was released on November 14, 2017.[9] He was re-signed on December 19, 2017.[10] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Redskins on January 1, 2018, but was waived on August 7, 2018.[11][12]
Atlanta Legends
editIn late 2018, Barnes joined the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football.[13] The league ceased operations in April 2019.[14]
DC Defenders
editBarnes was drafted by the DC Defenders in the open phase of the 2020 XFL Draft.[15] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[16]
Calgary Stampeders
editBarnes signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL on January 27, 2021.[17] He retired from football on June 28, 2021.[18]
Statistics
editSource: NFL.com
| Year | Team | G | GS | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR | ||||
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| 2015 | NO | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ "New Orleans Saints announce 2015 rookie free agent class". NewOrleansSaints.com. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017.
- ^ Kaye, Mike (September 5, 2015). "Source: First Coast High alum Barnes makes the Saints initial 53-man roster". Des Moines Register.
- ^ Woodbery, Evan (April 25, 2016). "New Orleans Saints waive DE Tavaris Barnes". NOLA.com.
- ^ Condotta, Bob (April 28, 2016). "Seahawks sign DL Tavaris Barnes before NFL draft". Seattle Times.
- ^ Lewis, Derek (August 9, 2016). "Seattle Seahawks sign DE Josh Shirley, release Tavaris Barnes". CBSSports.com.
- ^ Smith, Scott (May 31, 2017). "Buccaneers Sign Ends Bailey, Barnes". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Scott (September 2, 2017). "Wide Variety of Moves Gets Bucs to 53". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017.
- ^ "11/8: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. November 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017.
- ^ "11/14: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. November 14, 2017. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017.
- ^ Czarda, Stephen (December 19, 2017). "Redskins Place Montae Nicholson On Injured Reserve, Sign Fish Smithson". Redskins.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017.
- ^ "Redskins Sign 11 Players To Reserve/Future Contracts". Redskins.com. January 1, 2018. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
- ^ "8/7: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ Sigler, John (January 1, 2019). "Former Saints DB Damian Swann trying out with AAF". USA Today. Saints Wire. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ Talbot, Damond (October 16, 2019). "XFL Draft Phase 5: The Final Rounds of the Draft, Find out who was selected". NFL Draft Diamonds. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Stamps add defensive lineman". Stampeders.com. January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "Stampeders transactions". Stampeders.com. June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.