Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025SMU
Zakye Barker
LB • 5'10" • 231 lbs • Norcross, GA, USA
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Zakye Barker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- East Carolina • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Player Story
Zakye Barker built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 33, spending time with East Carolina and SMU. The clearest part of Zakye Barker's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Zakye Barker, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · East Carolina. Zakye Barker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 129
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Zakye Barker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 129
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Florida Atlantic
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Norcross · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Norcross · 52 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · LB 516th (top 41%) · ACC 218th (top 28%) · National 1,613th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | East Carolina | 8 | 21 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 11 | 81 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 24 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 9.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SMU to North Texas | P4 to G5/FCS | 16.6 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| 2025 | East Carolina to SMU | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.1 | Dec 17, 2024 |
Zakye Barker played LB for East Carolina and SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zakye Barker recorded 129 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 15.5 primary output with 44.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 12.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across East Carolina, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2025 Postseason · SMU
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
12.3
Usage
2
Consistency
3.3
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 0. East Texas A&M: 0. Syracuse: 1. Stanford: 0. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Miami: 0. Boston College: 0. Louisville: 0. California: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 3 by 12.5. East Texas A&M: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 1 by 14.2. Stanford: 2 by 8.3. Clemson: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 4 by 16.7. Miami: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 5 by 20.8. California: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.1 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Louisville
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Arizona | W 24-19 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | @ California | L 35-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Louisville | W 38-6 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Boston College | W 45-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Miami | W 26-20 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Wake Forest | L 12-13 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Clemson | W 35-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Stanford | W 34-10 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Syracuse | W 31-18 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs East Texas A&M | W 42-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zakye Barker story
Zakye Barker built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 33, spending time with East Carolina and SMU. The clearest part of Zakye Barker's career was his defensive production: 129 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Zakye Barker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
East Carolina
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2.5 | 14.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 15.5 | 44.4 | 12.8 | 13 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 1 | 12.3 | 2 | -14.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 12.3 | 2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 11 · W 49-14 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Navy
Week 12 · L 0-10 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Navy
Week 14 · L 20-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
78 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78 takeover score.
#4
@ Old Dominion
Week 2 · W 20-14
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Havoc Plays
71.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.5 takeover score.
#5
vs App State
Week 3 · L 19-21
1.5
Havoc Plays
69.3 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · East Carolina
15.5 primary output · 44.4 efficiency · 12.8 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · East Carolina
16.5
2.5 primary · 14.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · SMU
9.7
1 primary · 12.3 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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