Bucky Barnes
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 Barnes as a member of the Outlaws | |||||||||||||||
| No. 20 – Arizona Outlaws | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born: | March 10, 2001 (aged 61) Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Lincoln High School | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Penn State University | ||||||||||||||
| ISFL Draft: | 2024 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||||||||
| DSFL Draft: | 2023 / Round: 2 / Pick: 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| Career DSFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Player stats at ISFL.net | |||||||||||||||
Bucky Barnes (born January 10, 2000) is an American football safety for the Arizona Outlaws of the National Simulation Football League (NSFL). He played college football for Penn State University (PSU) before being selected by the Arizona Outlaws in the 2024 ISFL Draft (S9).Prior to this, he had been selected by the San Antonio Marshals in the 2023 DSFL Draft (S8).
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Early years
Bucky Barnes was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents George and Winifred. He got a job as a ball/water boy for the Lincoln High School team at the age of 14. There, he eventually got friendly enough with the coaches and other players, in addition to packing on some muscle, that they offered him a scholarship. He would go on to start on the defense from his sophomore year until he graduated.
College career
After becoming one of the best defensive prospects in the country in high school, Barnes would accept a scholarship to play in the Big 10 for Penn State University. His freshman year he played only a handful of snaps as he sat behind established safety Malik Golden. He would win a starting job his sophomore year which he held for 2 seasons before leaving after his junior year to enter into the DSFL draft.
Professional career
DSFL career
Barnes was acquired on waivers at the end of Season 7 by the San Antonio Marshals where he started the final 2 regular season games and their lone playoff game. The Season 8 draft saw the Marshals bring back Barnes with the 1st pick in the second round. Barnes would become one of the anchors of the Marshals defense in Season 8 where he tied the DSFL record for interceptions in a season with 7. They would go 11-3 in the regular season, the best ever in the DSFL, before falling to the Tijuana Luchadores in the playoffs.
NSFL career
| Ht | Wt | 40‑yd dash | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | Wonderlic | ||||
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| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
220 lb (100 kg) |
4.38 s | 4.25 s | 7.1 s | 31.1 in (0.79 m) |
11 ft 0.5 in (3.37 m) |
23 reps | 30 | ||||
| [ NSFL S9 Draft Combine] | ||||||||||||
After Barnes' first full year in the DSFL he was selected 2nd overall in the Season 9 NSFL draft by the Arizona Outlaws.
