Malcolm Barnwell

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Malcolm Barnwell

|number=80

|position=Wide receiver

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|6|28|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.

|height_ft=5

|height_in=11

|weight_lb=184

|college=Virginia Union

|draftyear=1980

|draftround=7

|draftpick=173

|pastteams=

• Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders ({{NFL Year|1981|1984}})
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1985}})
• Washington Redskins (1985)

|highlights=* Super Bowl champion (XVIII)

|statlabel1=Receptions

|statvalue1=115

|statlabel2=Receiving yards

|statvalue2=1,969

|statlabel3=Touchdowns

|statvalue3=4

|pfr=BarnMa01

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1985/08/27/redskins-trade-brown-for-thielemann/8c548f2a-b530-4402-84ac-c2e6916317bb/|title=Redskins trade Brown for Thielemann|work=The Washington Post|date=August 27, 1985|accessdate=2020-04-05}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.raiders.com/news/in-his-own-words-malcolm-barnwell-shares-his-nfl-journey-as-a-seventh-round-pick|title = In His Own Words: Malcolm Barnwell shares his NFL journey as a seventh-round pick}}