Roosevelt Barnes (American football)
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | August 3, 1958 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Wayne | ||||||||
| College | Purdue | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1982: 10th round, 266th overall pick | ||||||||
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Roosevelt Barnes, Jr. (born August 3, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) and a current sports agent. He played three sports at Purdue University—football, basketball, and baseball. While he was most noted as a football player, he also enjoyed significant success in basketball, playing on Purdue's 1980 Final Four team. After retiring from professional football, in 1987 Barnes became a partner and contract advisor with Maximum Sports Management. He has negotiated contracts for Laveranues Coles, Walter Jones, Ray Lewis, Ndamukong Suh, Roman Oben, and Andre Wadsworth among others.