CFL: 2nd season

Stamps: 2nd season

Games played through 2023

Regular season: 9

Playoffs: 0

Grey Cup: 0

Acquired                                                                                                                                                    

Selected by Calgary in the third round (24th overall) of the 2023 draft and signed on May 5, 2023.

2023

(Calgary) Despite being limited to nine games due to a knee injury, Barnes was Calgary’s nominee for the Most Outstanding Player award. He had 25 catches for 234 yards and a touchdown, 18 kickoff returns for 379 yards and two missed-field goal returns for 111 yards. Barnes’ 724 all-purpose yards were good enough to lead the team and place him in the CFL’s top 10 at the time of the injury. He made his professional debut in the season-opener against BC and had three catches. Barnes’ season high in receptions was five, which he accomplished in back-to-back July games against Saskatchewan and Ottawa. The contest against the Redblacks also featured his season-best of 87 receiving yards as well as his first CFL touchdown. Barnes missed the second half of the season after being injured in a Week 10 game at BC.

First game: June 8, 2023, vs BC

First reception: June 8, 2023, vs BC

First touchdown: July 23, 2023, vs Ottawa

Honoured: Stampeders nominee for Most Outstanding Rookie in 2023

College

Barnes played 14 regular-season games over three seasons (2019, 2021-22) at Guelph and made 38 catches for 516 yards and six touchdowns. He also played special teams for the Gryphons and had 23 kickoff returns for 710 yards and four touchdowns. Barnes was a second-team Ontario University Athletics all-star in 2021 after amassing 23 catches for 345 yards and five majors.

Personal

Prior to enrolling at Guelph, Barnes played for the Football North program at Clarkson Secondary School in Mississauga, Ont. He originally committed to the University of Maine before instead choosing to attend Guelph.