Jeff Barker

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-5
Weight:
220
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lowell, Ind.
High School:
Lowell

2009 (So.): Played in 10 games to earn second letter . . . career high five tackles vs. New Hampshire . . . first career tackle for loss and sack vs. New Hampshire . . . tallied at least two tackles in four games.

2008 (Fr.): Played in 12 games, including the Mid-American Conference Championship Game . . . earned first letter . . . tallied one tackle vs. Eastern Michigan, vs. Northern Illinois and vs. Western Michigan.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in football for Coach Kirk Kennedy . . . also lettered four seasons in track . . . Football: Helped the Devils to a 13-2 record as a senior and a 31-11 mark in his career . . . helped team to an 8-1 Northwest Crossroads Conference mark as a senior . . . helped Lowell to four straight sectional crowns, a state runner-up finish in 2007 and a Class 4A State Championship as a sophomore . . . managed 64 tackles, nine sacks and three forced fumbles as a senior, while also tallying 360 yards receiving . . . Hammond Times and Gary Post Tribune Defensive Player of the Year as a senior . . . all-state and all-conference as a junior and senior . . . managed a school record 26 career sacks plus had 214 career tackles, four blocked kicks and six forced fumbles in his career . . . had 714 career receiving yards, including a school record 108 in a single game . . . Lowell’s Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior . . . school’s Most Valuable Receiver and Most Valuable Defensive Lineman as a junior and senior . . . Indiana Football Coaches Association Top-50 . . . Track: Competed as a sprinter . . . named team’s Most Valuable Sprinter as a junior . . . owns a career-best 10.9 in the 100-meter dash, a :22.1 in the 200-meter dash and a :51.6 in the 400-meter run.

PERSONAL: Son of Jeff Barker and Jimmie Gail . . . born Dec. 16, 1988, in Munster, Ind. . . . managed a 3.1 gradepoint average on Ball State’s 4.0 scale last spring . . . two sisters . . . full name is Jeff Robert Barker.