CFL: 4th season

Stamps: 4th season

Games played through 2025

Regular season: 39

Playoffs: 1

Grey Cup: 0

Acquired                                                                                                                                                    

Selected in the third round (24th overall) of the 2023 CFL Canadian Draft and signed on May 5, 2023.

2026

(Calgary) Barnes spent Week 1 on the one-game injured list before playing in Week 3 and starting since Week 4. Through nine appearances, he has recorded 21 catches for 318 yards and two touchdowns.

2025

(Calgary) Barnes played 14 games and made 14 starts at receiver. He had 35 receptions for 601 yards and two touchdowns. In Week 1 against Hamilton, Barnes recorded the first 100-yard game of his career as he had four catches for 112 yards. The totals included a 65-yard reception, the longest of his career. In Week 5 against Winnipeg, Barnes had a 43-yard touchdown catch. He also had a touchdown catch in Week 18 at BC. Barnes missed four games in July with an ankle injury and returned to action in Week 10.

2024

(Calgary) Barnes played 16 games and made 15 starts, accumulating 44 catches for 590 yards and four touchdowns. In his season debut against Hamilton in Week 1, he had six catches – a new single-game career high – for 61 yards and one major. In Week 6 at Winnipeg, he led Calgary with five catches and 80 receiving yards. In Week 21 at Saskatchewan, Barnes hauled in three passes for 90 yards and one score. He made his playoff debut in the Western Semi-Final and had four catches for 73 yards and one touchdown.

2023

(Calgary) Despite being limited to nine games due to a knee injury, Barnes was Calgary’s nominee for the Most Outstanding Rookie award. He had 25 catches for 234 yards and a touchdown, 18 kickoff returns for 379 yards and two missed-field goal returns for 111 yards. Barnes’ 724 all-purpose yards were good enough to lead the team and place him in the CFL’s top 10 at the time of the injury. He made his professional debut in the season-opener against BC and had three catches. Barnes’ season-high in receptions was five, which he accomplished in back-to-back July games against Saskatchewan and Ottawa. The contest against the Redblacks also featured his season-best of 87 receiving yards as well as his first CFL touchdown. Barnes missed the second half of the season after being injured in a Week 10 game at BC.

Notables

First game: June 8, 2023, vs BC

First reception: June 8, 2023, vs BC

First touchdown: July 23, 2023, vs Ottawa

Honoured: Stampeders nominee for Most Outstanding Rookie in 2023

College

Barnes played 14 regular-season games over three seasons (2019, 2021-22) at Guelph and made 38 catches for 516 yards and six touchdowns. He also played special teams for the Gryphons and had 23 kickoff returns for 710 yards and four touchdowns. Barnes was a second-team Ontario University Athletics all-star in 2021 after amassing 23 catches for 345 yards and five majors.

Personal

Prior to enrolling at Guelph, Barnes played for the Football North program at Clarkson Secondary School in Mississauga, Ont. He originally committed to the University of Maine before instead choosing to attend Guelph.