Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2010Cincinnati
Marcus Barnett
WR • 6'1" • Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Marcus Barnett reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Cincinnati
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Marcus Barnett built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a wide receiver from Upper Marlboro, MD wearing No. 85, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Marcus Barnett's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Marcus Barnett, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Cincinnati. Marcus Barnett reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,567
- Receptions
- 127
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Marcus Barnett quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,567
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2007 Postseason · Cincinnati
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Frederick Douglass · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Frederick Douglass · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Class 2010
- 2010 Receiving yards rank
- 333 receiving yards · WR 282nd (top 35%) · Big East 22nd (top 21%) · National 341st (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Cincinnati | 13 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 76.1 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 13 | 60 | 845 | 14 | 76.1 |
| 2008 Postseason | Cincinnati | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 13 | 29 | 271 | 1 | 36.1 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 4 | 10 | 95 | 1 | 39.3 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 7 | 25 | 333 | 2 | 46.4 |
Related Context
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Marcus Barnett played WR for Cincinnati. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marcus Barnett recorded 76 passing yards, 37 rushing yards, and 1,567 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Cincinnati.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Postseason
Cincinnati paired 862 primary output with 73.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 64.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2010 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Games
7
Receiving Yards / G
47.6
Efficiency
64.6
Usage
14.5
Consistency
33.9
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 61. Oklahoma: 18. Louisville: 8. South Florida: 174. Syracuse: 28. West Virginia: 3. UConn: 41
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 5 by 81.3. Oklahoma: 2 by 60. Louisville: 1 by 53.3. South Florida: 9 by 100. Syracuse: 4 by 46.7. West Virginia: 1 by 20. UConn: 3 by 91.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins8 · Games = 1 · -46.2 vs Losses
Losses54.2 · Games = 6 · +46.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Florida
Best efficiency game
100 vs South Florida
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | @ UConn | L 17-38 | — | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 13.70 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/13 | @ West Virginia | L 10-37 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Syracuse | L 7-31 | — | 4 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs South Florida100 receiving yards · High volume | L 30-38 | — | 9 | 174 | 19.3 | 19.30 | 1 | 69 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Louisville | W 35-27 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Oklahoma | L 29-31 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Thu 9/16 | @ NC State | L 19-30 | — | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 12.20 | 1 | 15 |
Player Story
Marcus Barnett story
Marcus Barnett built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a wide receiver from Upper Marlboro, MD wearing No. 85, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Marcus Barnett's career was his receiving role: 127 catches, 1,567 receiving yards, 17 touchdowns, and 37 rushing yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with Cincinnati. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 76 passing yards, 37 rushing yards, and 45 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati.
The arc is straightforward: Marcus Barnett moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Cincinnati
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720072008200820092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Postseason | Cincinnati | 862 | 73.3 | 22.2 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 862 | 73.3 | 22.2 | 0 |
| 2008 Postseason | Cincinnati | 277 | 48 | 12 | -585 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 277 | 48 | 12 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 95 | 53.7 | 14.6 | -182 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 333 | 64.6 | 14.5 | 238 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs West Virginia
Week 12 · L 23-28 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
100 takeover
210 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs South Florida
Week 8 · L 30-38 · Conference game
174
Receiving Yards
96.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
174 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Rutgers
Week 7 · W 13-10 · Conference game
79
Receiving Yards
93.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Miami (OH)
Week 5 · W 37-13
57
Receiving Yards
83.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
57 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ Akron
Week 5 · W 17-15
66
Receiving Yards
80 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
66 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Postseason · Cincinnati
862 primary output · 73.3 efficiency · 22.2 usage
76.1
#2
2007 Regular Season · Cincinnati
76.1
862 primary · 73.3 efficiency · 22.2 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Cincinnati
46.4
333 primary · 64.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
3
8+ catch outings
5
2+ TD games
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