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.

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Rotational defensive role

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Developing production for a linebacker

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Sporadic game-to-game production

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Career Arc

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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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Class 2022 · Rating 0.8159

Norcross · Norcross, GA

Committed To: East Carolina
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2022

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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%)

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.

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