2023 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner for head coach Lance Frazier at Kennett High School...Squad posted a combined 30-8 record during his four years...Kennett won its first ever Chesmont Division title his senior season in 2022...Eared first-team all-state, all-area and all-conference honors his senior season as a kicker and punter...Picked up an invitation to the Blue-Grey All-American Game and also participated in the Valor Bowl...Was Kennett's Special Teams MVP twice...Tallied 51 points as a senior, connecting on six field goals, including a school-record 45-yarder, while also averaging 41.4 yards per punt and hitting 45 of his 51 kickoff attempts for touchbacks....Made 5-of-6 field goal attempts as a junior and 2-of-2 as a sophomore...Totaled 53 points as a freshman, making 6-of-8 field goal attempts...Is the first ever Division I football player out of Kennett...Also earned three letters in soccer...Earned honor roll every year of high school.
PERSONAL
Full name is Ryan Christopher Barker...Son of Chris and Sally Barker...Has a brother, Shay...Has volunteered at youth football camps and coached middle school basketball...Participated in Best Buddies, teaching children with disabilities the sport of soccer...Enjoys collecting shoes as a hobby...Plans on majoring in finance at Penn State...After pursuing a career in NFL, would like to enter the business workforce.