2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kalon Barnes
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Silsbee, Texas
- High School:
- Silsbee HS
2019 Outdoor: Made his collegiate debut at the USC Trojan Invitational, winning the 100 meters with a time of 10.43... Blazed to the win at the Baylor Invitational with a career-best time of 10.29... Competed in 100 meters and 4x100-meter relay at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays... Ran the 10th-best prelims time in the 100 (10.32), and helped the Bears place fifth in the 4x100 (39.68).
FOOTBALL:
One of the fastest players in the nation, regardless of class ... all conditions 100 meter personal best of 10.04 ... 200m PR is 20.55 ... won Texas high school 100 and 200 meter titles in both 2017 and 2018 ... nickname is “Boogie”
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 of 12 games this season ... Made an appearance vs. TCU (11/17), but did not record a stat ... Made one tackle at Iowa State (11/10) ... Tallied a career-high 3 tackles vs. Oklahoma State, all solo (11/3) ... Had 1 tackle at Texas (10/13) ... Made his first collegiate start vs. Kansas State (10/6) at corner ... Finished with 1 tackle and had 1 of Baylor’s 2 pass breakups on the day ... Made his career debut vs. Abilene Christian (9/1) at corner ... Has played in all five games so far on the season, making one tackle vs. ACU, UTSA and Duke ... Made an appearance vs. Kansas but did not record a stat ... Made an appearance at OU but did not record a stat.
High School: Played at Silsbee High School for coach Randy Smith ... helped team to 7-5 record in 2017 ... 600 receiving yards and nine touchdowns ... four return touchdowns ... four interceptions on defense ... Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Texas Top 300 ... Four- star prospect according to ESPN ... No. 45 in Texas ... No. 52 wide receiver nationally ... Rated three stars by 247 Sports ... No. 52 in Texas ... No. 69 wide receiver nationally ... Rivals rates three stars ... No. 80 in Texas ... No. 82 wide receiver ... two-time Texas 100m and 200m state champ ... owns Texas High School 100 meter record with a PR mark of 10.22 in 2017 ... 10.22 won him gold at the state meet ... also won gold at 200 meters (21.28) and silver in the 4x100m relay ... won 2017 Adidas Dream 100 in 10.34 ... new PR of 20.54 in 200 meters at Pre Classic in Eugene, Oregon on May 27, 2017 ... helped Silsbee to 6-5 season in 2016 ... named first team All-District as a junior ... 34 catches for 583 yards and eight touchdowns in 2016 ... 19 receptions for 315 yards and five touchdowns as a sophomore ... Picked Baylor over Georgia, Kansas State, Missouri, TCU, Texas and Texas A&M ... will also run track at Baylor.Personal: Son of Retina and Chris Barnes ... majoring in business
