Zakye Barker

Position:
LB
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Norcross, GA
High School:
Norcross HS
Prev School:
SMU / East Carolina

Prior to UNT: Spent the 2025 season at SMU and the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons at East Carolina … was a Second Team All-American Conference selection in 2024 at ECU … has appeared in 31 games in his career with 12 starts … tallied 133 tackles, 13.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks and three forced fumbles as a collegiate … saw action in 11 games at SMU in 2025, making a pair of starts … totaled 27 tackles, a forced fumble and a PBU on the year … had four tackles and forced a fumble against Wake Forest … registered a season-high five tackles against Louisville … appeared in 11 games with 10 starts in 2024 at ECU ... produced 86 tackles, 12.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks in a breakout 2024 season … had a pair of games with double-digit tackles … had at least 0.5 TFL in nine of the 11 games he appeared in … opened the season with eight tackles, 2.0 TFLs and 0.5 sack against Norfolk State … filled the stat sheet with 13 tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a forced fumble against App State … had eight tackles including 2.5 for loss and a sack against Florida Atlantic … registered 12 tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a PBU against Navy … appeared in nine games as a redshirt freshman in 2023 … made his career debut and produced his first career tackle against Marshall … tallied four tackles at App State … had five tackles at Florida Atlantic … had his best game of the year against Navy with seven tackles and 1.5 TFLs … did not see action in 2022 … preserved a redshirt season … was a three-year starter at Norcross HS in Georgia … tallied 456 career stops (296 solo) in 38 games … credited with 13.5 sacks and 107.0 TFLs … added one interception and caused four fumbles in his prep career … was a four-time MaxPreps.com Player-of-the-Game selection in his career … led the state in total tackles in 2019 and 2020 … during first year with the Blue Devils, posted 152 tackles (99 solo) with 2.5 sacks and 30 TFLs … followed initial season with a career-best 155 stops (103 solo), averaging 11.1 tackles per contest … selected to first-team all-county, all-region and all-state squads following junior campaign … named a 2020 High School Football Association Academic All-American … closed out prep career by booking 149 tackles (94 assisted) with three sacks and 40.0 TFLs, while adding nine QBHs … earned Gwinnett Prep Sports Defensive Player-of-the-Week accolades on Sept. 14 … Earned first-team all-county and all-region honors for second consecutive year … also earned additional letters as a standout track athlete … was a three star prospect according to 247Sports and ESPN.com.

NCAA Stats Prior to UNT