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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Born: | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | June 28, 1958||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 184 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||
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College: | Virginia Union | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1980 / round: 7 / pick: 173 | ||||||||
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Malcolm Barnwell (born June 28, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the New Orleans Saints and the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders. Barnwell was traded by the Raiders to the Redskins on August 26, 1985, in exchange for the Redskins' second-round pick in the 1986 NFL draft.[1] His best season was 1984, when he totaled 45 receptions for 851 yards, an 18.9 avg. and two touchdowns, all career highs.
In 2019, Barnwell was interviewed for the Raiders official team website, where he talked about being scouted while playing for Virginia Union, a historically black college and being scouted by Raiders legend Willie Brown.[2]