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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Western Michigan
Zaire Barnes
LB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Mundelein, IL, USA
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Zaire Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
92
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Zaire Barnes built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Mundelein, IL wearing No. 3, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Zaire Barnes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 7
- Overall
- No. 184
- NFL Team
- New York Jets
Zaire Barnes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Zaire Barnes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46 disruption score.
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Zaire Barnes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 206
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Carmel Catholic · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Carmel Catholic · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 6 · Pick 7 · New York Jets
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 94 tackles · LB 59th (top 5%) · Mid-American 14th (top 3%) · National 71st (top 2%)
Zaire Barnes played LB for Western Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zaire Barnes recorded 1 rushing yards and 206 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Western Michigan.
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