Redshirt Freshman (2022)
2022 Conference USA Freshman of the Year … named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team and was honorable mention all-conference at running back … Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College Second Team selection … played in 13 games and drew a pair of starts in the backfield … rushed for 845 yards and six touchdowns on 135 carries … averaged 6.3 yards per rush and 65.0 yards per game … 825 of his rushing yards came over the final eight contests … topped the 100-yard mark on the ground in five contests … burst onto the scene with 128 yards and two TDs on 20 totes as well as a 13-yard reception in the 30-10 win at FIU … gashed North Texas for a season-best 175 yards and a score on 28 carries in the 48-27 victory in the C-USA Championship Game … piled up 132 yards including a season-long 53-yard dash versus No. 23 Troy in the Cure Bowl … rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns on 16 attempts and caught two passes for 38 yards in the 44-38 double-overtime triumph over UAB … had 103 yards and a pair of TDs on just 11 carries in the 51-7 victory over Louisiana Tech … rushed for 55 yards and had 28 receiving yards in the 34-31 comeback win over UTEP … tallied 64 yards on the ground and 21 through the air in the 41-7 road win over Rice.
Freshman (2021)
Played in a pair of games and used his redshirt season … rushed for 16 yards on six carries with a long of 11 in the 45-0 shutout of Rice … saw action against San Diego State in the Frisco Bowl … Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior to UTSA
Four-year letterman and three-year team captain for head coach Marty Murr at San Augustine High School in East Texas … piled up more than 4,000 rushing yards during his prep career … helped the Wolves win their region and advance to the state semifinal round three times … three-time all-district performer … topped 1,000 yards on the ground for the third straight season as a senior in 2020 … rushed for 2,197 yards and 29 touchdowns on 142 carries as a junior … averaged 15.5 yards per rush and 156.9 yards per game … also caught seven passes for 131 yards and a pair of scores in 2019 … racked up 321 yards and six TDs on the ground in an 84-46 area-round playoff win over Normangee … registered 70 tackles, 10 PBUs and two interceptions as a junior … rushed for 1,053 yards and 16 TDs as a sophomore … 3-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … also competed for the track & field, baseball, basketball and powerlifting teams … helped the Wolves to a pair of state track & field meet appearances, including a state title in the 4x200-meter relay … member of the National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars … on track to graduate in the top 10 of his senior class.
Personal
Born on Aug, 10, 2003, in Nacogdoches, Texas … son of Kevon and Latasha Barnes … marketing major.
2022 Conference USA Freshman of the Year … named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team and was honorable mention all-conference at running back … Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College Second Team selection … played in 13 games and drew a pair of starts in the backfield … rushed for 845 yards and six touchdowns on 135 carries … averaged 6.3 yards per rush and 65.0 yards per game … 825 of his rushing yards came over the final eight contests … topped the 100-yard mark on the ground in five contests … burst onto the scene with 128 yards and two TDs on 20 totes as well as a 13-yard reception in the 30-10 win at FIU … gashed North Texas for a season-best 175 yards and a score on 28 carries in the 48-27 victory in the C-USA Championship Game … piled up 132 yards including a season-long 53-yard dash versus No. 23 Troy in the Cure Bowl … rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns on 16 attempts and caught two passes for 38 yards in the 44-38 double-overtime triumph over UAB … had 103 yards and a pair of TDs on just 11 carries in the 51-7 victory over Louisiana Tech … rushed for 55 yards and had 28 receiving yards in the 34-31 comeback win over UTEP … tallied 64 yards on the ground and 21 through the air in the 41-7 road win over Rice.
Freshman (2021)
Played in a pair of games and used his redshirt season … rushed for 16 yards on six carries with a long of 11 in the 45-0 shutout of Rice … saw action against San Diego State in the Frisco Bowl … Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior to UTSA
Four-year letterman and three-year team captain for head coach Marty Murr at San Augustine High School in East Texas … piled up more than 4,000 rushing yards during his prep career … helped the Wolves win their region and advance to the state semifinal round three times … three-time all-district performer … topped 1,000 yards on the ground for the third straight season as a senior in 2020 … rushed for 2,197 yards and 29 touchdowns on 142 carries as a junior … averaged 15.5 yards per rush and 156.9 yards per game … also caught seven passes for 131 yards and a pair of scores in 2019 … racked up 321 yards and six TDs on the ground in an 84-46 area-round playoff win over Normangee … registered 70 tackles, 10 PBUs and two interceptions as a junior … rushed for 1,053 yards and 16 TDs as a sophomore … 3-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … also competed for the track & field, baseball, basketball and powerlifting teams … helped the Wolves to a pair of state track & field meet appearances, including a state title in the 4x200-meter relay … member of the National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars … on track to graduate in the top 10 of his senior class.
Personal
Born on Aug, 10, 2003, in Nacogdoches, Texas … son of Kevon and Latasha Barnes … marketing major.