| Louisville Cardinals | |
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| Position: | Running backs coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 15, 1983 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Louisville (KY) Male |
| College: | Wake Forest |
| Undrafted: | 2006 |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| As a coach: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Chris Barclay (born October 15, 1983) is an American football coach and former running back who is the running backs coach for the Louisville Cardinals. He played college football at Wake Forest. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2006 and last played for the New York Sentinels.
Barclay has also been a member of the Berlin Thunder, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons.
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College career
Barclay capped a standout collegiate career at Wake Forest in 2005, when he was named as the Atlantic Coast Conference 2005 Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year. He graduated as the school's career leader in seven major categories, including rushing yards (4,032), scoring (240 points), rushing touchdowns (40), total touchdowns (40), all-purpose yards (4,930), 200-yard rushing games (3) and 1,000 yard rushing seasons (3).
Professional career
Cleveland Browns
Barclay was originally signed by the Browns as an undrafted free agent out of Wake Forest.[1] However, Barclay was waived by the team at the end of training camp.[1] Barclay was then signed to the Browns' practice squad[1] and subsequently to the team's active roster.[1]
Following the 2006 season, Barclay was allocated to NFL Europa where he became the starting running back for the Berlin Thunder.[1] He was the Week 4 Special Teams player of the week after returning 5 kicks for 180 yards, including a 99-yard touchdown.
In his first action with the Browns during the 2007 preseason, he returned a kick-off 88 yards for the game-winning touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs. He began the regular season on the team's practice squad, where he spent the first 11 weeks of the season.
Tennessee Titans
On November 22, 2007, Barclay was signed off the Cleveland Browns practice squad onto the active roster of the Tennessee Titans to replace Chris Henry, who had been suspended.
New Orleans Saints
On December 24, 2007, Barclay was claimed by the New Orleans Saints off waivers from the Tennessee Titans.[2] He suffered a sprain knee on July 29, 2008, in training camp and was subsequently placed on injured reserve. He was later released with an injury settlement.
Atlanta Falcons
Barclay was signed to the Atlanta Falcons practice squad on October 14, 2008.
New York Sentinels
Barclay was signed by the New York Sentinels of the United Football League on September 9, 2009.[3]
Coaching career
After spending the 2011 season as a graduate assistant at Wake Forest, Barclay was hired as the running backs coach at William & Mary for the 2012 season.[4] In March 2014, Barclay accepted a job at the same position at Marshall.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Cleveland Browns – Players – Chris Barclay". Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
- ^ "New Orleans Bio". Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
- ^ "United Football League's New York Sentinels Add 16 to Roster". UFL-football.com. September 9, 2009. Archived from the original on December 10, 2009.
- ^ Teel, David (April 11, 2012). "Former ACC player of year Chris Barclay seems like the right fit as William and Mary's running backs coach". Daily Press. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ Redd, Derek (March 6, 2014). "Marshall football: William and Mary coach accepts RB job with Herd". Charleston Daily Mail. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons bio Archived November 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- United Football League bio
- Just Sports Stats
- Purdue bio Archived January 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
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