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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | August 3, 1958 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 | |||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Roosevelt Barnes, Jr. (born August 3, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) and a current sports agent. He played three sports at Purdue University—football, basketball, and baseball. While he was most noted as a football player, he also enjoyed significant success in basketball, playing on Purdue's 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]