Zaire Barnes
New York GiantsPos LB
Updated October 8, 2026
Comps
Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his
Zaire Barnes Injury StatusNot listed
Zaire Barnes is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 6, pick 184 · New York Jets · 2023
Western Michigan (Mid-American)
Taken
#184
where he actually went
Consensus board
212th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#464
among LB in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2018-2022 · 48 games
206 tackles, 16 TFL, 4.0 sacks, 1 INT
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.