Pat Barnes

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Pat Barnes

| number = 14, 10, 18

| position = Quarterback

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|02|23}}

| birth_place = Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 215

| high_school = Trabuco Hills {{nowrap|(Mission Viejo, California)}}

| college = California

| draftyear = 1997

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 110

| pastteams =

Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1997}})
Washington Redskins (1998)*
Oakland Raiders ({{NFL Year|1998}})
Frankfurt Galaxy ({{NFLE Year|1999}})
San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1999}})
Frankfurt Galaxy ({{NFLE Year|2000}})
New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2000}})
San Francisco Demons ({{XFL Year|2001}})
Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|2002}})
Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2003}})*
Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|2003}})

| highlights =

Second-team All-Pac-10 (1996)

| statlabel1 = TD-INT

| statvalue1 = 0-0

| statlabel2 = Passing yards

| statvalue2 = 0

| statlabel3 = Passer rating

| statvalue3 = 0.0

| pfr = barn03900

}}

Pat Barnes (born February 23, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), XFL, and Canadian Football League (CFL).. He played college football for the California Golden Bears. Barnes was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL draft. He played professionally from 1997 to 2003.

College career

Barnes played at the University of California, Berkeley, where he started a couple of games as a freshman and emerged as a budding star through his college career. Barnes played for Steve Mariucci at Cal, where he threw 420 passes during the 1996 season, and learned Mariucci's version of the West Coast offense. Barnes gained the reputation as a QB who spread the ball out to all his receivers, and threw very well on the run. He set a Pac-10 record for touchdowns in 1996, and had a 31-8 touchdown to interception ratio. Barnes finished the year as a second-team Pac-10 selection behind Jake Plummer.

Professional career

Barnes was chosen in the fourth round (110th overall) of the 1997 NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He participated in seven NFL seasons for seven teams. Though he never threw a pass in the NFL, Barnes played very well in his five seasons playing outside the NFL, throwing 30 touchdown passes in his two seasons with the Frankfurt Galaxy.

After four seasons out of the league, he signed with the Cleveland Browns on February 10, 2003. He was released on June 6. His football career ended when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL released him on December 9, 2003, at his request and subsequent retirement from the game.