David Barrett (American football)

American football player (born 1977)

American football player

David Barrett

Barrett and Chad Ochocinco in 2008

No. 36
Position:| Cornerback
Personal information
Born:|  (1977-12-22) December 22, 1977 (age 46)
Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Height:| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:| 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College:| Arkansas
NFL draft:| 2000 / Round: 4 / Pick: 102
Career history

* Arizona Cardinals (2000–2003)
* New York Jets (2004–2008)

Career highlights and awards

* Second-team All-SEC (1999)

Career NFL statistics
| Tackles:| 479

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Pass deflections:| 71
Interceptions:| 18
Forced fumbles:| 10
Touchdowns:| 1
Player stats at PFR

David Barrett (born December 22, 1977) is a former American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas. He went to school and graduated from Osceola High School where he excelled in football.

Barrett also played for the New York Jets.

## College career[edit]

Barrett played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks. During his college career, he had a total of 176 tackles, 7 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles and 5 sacks.[1] He majored in architecture.

## Professional career[edit]

Pre-draft measurables  Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press

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5 ft 9+7⁄8 in
(1.77 m)  | 199 lb
(90 kg)  | 31+1⁄8 in
(0.79 m)  | 10 in
(0.25 m) | 4.46 s | 1.55 s | 2.60 s | 4.04 s | 6.81 s | 37.5 in
(0.95 m) | 9 ft 8 in
(2.95 m) | 16 reps
All values from NFL Combine[2]

### Arizona Cardinals[edit]

Barrett was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round (102nd overall) in the 2000 NFL Draft.[3] He played for them until 2003.

### New York Jets[edit]

In 2004, David Barrett signed with the New York Jets and became the team's starting cornerback. In 2005, he had five interceptions. However, by 2007 he had lost his starting job to Hank Poteat.

On February 10, 2009, Barrett was released by the Jets.

## NFL career statistics[edit]

Legend

Bold | Career high

### Regular season[edit]

Year  | Team  | Games  | Tackles  | Interceptions  | Fumbles

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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD
2000 | ARI | 16 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
2001 | ARI | 16 | 9 | 62 | 53 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
2002 | ARI | 14 | 14 | 74 | 57 | 17 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0
2003 | ARI | 16 | 16 | 80 | 69 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
2004 | NYJ | 16 | 16 | 78 | 64 | 14 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
2005 | NYJ | 13 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 0
2006 | NYJ | 13 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
2007 | NYJ | 16 | 9 | 63 | 54 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2008 | NYJ | 11 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| 131 | 76 | 479 | 391 | 88 | 0.5 | 15 | 18 | 162 | 1 | 25 | 71 | 10 | 3 | 51 | 0

### Playoffs[edit]

Year  | Team  | Games  | Tackles  | Interceptions  | Fumbles

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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD
2004 | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2006 | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

## Personal[edit]

In 1979, his mother, Willie Ann Rucker, disappeared and has never been found.[4] Barrett appeared in ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2006, with teammate Adrian Jones, to help build a new home for the Llanes family. His wife Sheila works as a curator for the Jefferson Davis museum in Waterloo.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "David Barrett - #36 - CB - Arkansas - Profile". Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
2. ^ "David Barrett College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
3. ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
4. ^ Good, Meaghan Elizabeth. "The Charley Project: Willie Ann Rucker". www.charleyproject.org. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.

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