Roosevelt Barnes (American football)
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | August 3, 1958 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Wayne | ||||||||
| College | Purdue | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1982: 10th round, 266th overall pick | ||||||||
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Roosevelt Barnes, Jr. (born August 3, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) and a current sports agent. He played three sports at Purdue University—football, basketball, and baseball. While he was most noted as a football player, he also enjoyed significant success in basketball, playing on Purdue's 1980 Final Four team.[1] After retiring from professional football, in 1987 Barnes became a partner and contract advisor with Maximum Sports Management. He has negotiated contracts for Laveranues Coles, Walter Jones, Ray Lewis, Ndamukong Suh,[1] Roman Oben, and Andre Wadsworth among others.[2]
Barnes attended Wayne High School in Fort Wayne. As a junior, he led his team to the SAC conference title, and the Generals also won their first sectional championship. As a senior, the team repeated, winning the school's second sectional title.
As reported in the Wayne Generals 2009–10 Winter Athletic Program,[3] Barnes' high-school career resulted in the following awards and Wayne High School accomplishments:
- Boys' Basketball Individual Records:
- most career points scored (1304 points)
- highest career scoring average (18.6ppg)
- 2nd best career assists record (439 assists)
- 2nd best single-season scoring record (509 points, 1975/76)
- 3rd best single-season assists record (212 assists, 1975/76)
- Boys' Basketball Team Records:
- best single-season team record (20–3, .870, 1976/77)
- 2nd best single-season team record (20–6, .769, 1975/76)
- highest single-season team offensive average (72.9ppg, 1976/77)
- Awards Received:
- 3-time basketball All-SAC selection (1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77)
- Indiana basketball All-Star team selection (1976/77)