Zaire Barnes
New York GiantsPos LB
Updated August 24, 2026
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
#346
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
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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.