Zakye Barker
North Texas Mean Green
71
Average

Zakye Barker

North Texas Mean GreenAverage
MLBDefenseAverageTRANSFER · SMU
Projected Starter

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Zakye Barker is the projected starter at MLB for North Texas Mean Green.

Redshirt senior · #3 · 5'11", 229 lbs

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Depth at MLB · North Texas Mean Green

  1. 1371Zakye BarkerStarter
  2. 23449Brenden Reese
  3. 33049Chantz Johnson

North Texas Starting Lineup

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Up next for North Texas

North Texas plays Rice at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Norcross, ranked #2,120 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 27 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,120 NatlTeam Share2%
Norcross, GA
Jersey
#3
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
229 lbs
Transfer
SMU

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2700

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8159
National Rank
#2120
High School
Norcross
Hometown
Norcross, GA

Why this rating?

On a 65-rated defense; 64th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.94 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
65
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 64% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 29WFAUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 48-41

Oct 24WNAVYTKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-39

Oct 10WCLTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 50-10

Oct 2WTLSATKL 13
TKL
13
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 45-44 OT

Sep 26WHCUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
1
SACK
1.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-14

Sep 19LTXSTTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-35

Sep 12WUNLVTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 44-6

Sep 5LIUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-16

Zakye Barker's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

27 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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