Chris Barnes

Height:
5-7
Weight:
168
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Houston, TX
High School:
North Shore

Career Accolades

2025 Third Team All-ACC (Special Teams)
2025 All-ACC Honorable Mention (All Purpose)

2025 (Redshirt Freshman)
Earned All-ACC Third Team honors… Played in 11 games… Returned 7 kicks for 263 yards and a touchdown… Had the highest kick return average of any qualified (5+) returner… Also led the team in receiving, catching 39 passes for 547 yards and three touchdowns… Had 13 carries for 143 yards… Racked up 953 all-purpose yards, earning him an all-purpose All-ACC honorable mention… Grabbed three passes for 102 yards and three touchdowns in a breakout game against Oregon State (10/11) … Returned a kick 98 yards for a touchdown and had 76 receiving yards against NC State (9/11) … Graded as the sixth-best receiver amongst wide receivers in the ACC by PFF.

Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Freshman)
Appeared in three games with one start during the 2024 season for the Cougars…Caught one pass during the season-opening win against Portland State…Made his first career start against Texas Tech…Hauled in a 20-yard pass in the Holiday Bowl against Syracuse…Redshirted.

High School
Helped lead North Shore to back-to-back 15-1 records and the Texas 6A Division I state title game during his junior and senior seasons…Totaled 1,287 all-purpose yards, including 803 yards and nine touchdowns on 47 catches as a senior…Named First Team All-District 21-6A…Selected as a finalist for the Houston Area High School Player of the Year award…Hauled in 58 passes for 1,167 yards and 14 touchdowns while totaling 1,392 all-purpose yards during his junior season…Selected to the All-Greater Houston second team…Named to the Texas All-District 21-6A first team.

Personal
Son of Chris Barnes and Denoka Jackson…Born on September 22, 2005.