Roosevelt Barnes (American football)

Sacks:	1.0
Interceptions:	3

Roosevelt Barnes
No. 54
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	August 3, 1958 (age 65); Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	Fort Wayne (IN) Wayne
College:	Purdue
NFL draft:	1982 / Round: 10 / Pick: 266
Career history
	Detroit Lions (1982–1985);
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:
Sacks:	1.0
Interceptions:	3
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Roosevelt Barnes, Jr. (born August 3, 1958) is a former

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]

High school

Barnes attended

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)

College

After his success in high school, Barnes attended Purdue University on a basketball scholarship. At Purdue, Barnes demonstrated his athletic diversity by playing on the varsity basketball (4 years), football (1 year) and baseball (1 year) teams. After Purdue, Barnes continued his football career as a 10th round draft pick of the Detroit Lions.

Personal life

Barnes has four children in all—three biological and one adopted. His adopted son, Caleb Swanigan (1997–2022), was a 1st-round NBA draft pick (26th overall) for the Portland Trail Blazers,^[4] and played basketball at Purdue. Barnes also serves as an AAU basketball coach.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Medcalf, Myron (January 24, 2017). "Purdue's Caleb Swanigan has changed his body and his life". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
^ "Roosevelt Barnes". www.maximumsports.com.
^ Wayne Generals 2009–10 Winter Athletic Program, Wayne High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana
^ Hoffman, Benjamin; Tracy, Marc (22 June 2017). "N.B.A. Draft: Analysis of Every Pick and Trade in Round 1". The New York Times.

[Medcalf-1] Medcalf, Myron (January 24, 2017). "Purdue's Caleb Swanigan has changed his body and his life". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.

[2] "Roosevelt Barnes". www.maximumsports.com.

[3] Wayne Generals 2009–10 Winter Athletic Program, Wayne High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana

[4] Hoffman, Benjamin; Tracy, Marc (22 June 2017). "N.B.A. Draft: Analysis of Every Pick and Trade in Round 1". The New York Times.

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