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As a Senior (2023)
• Team captain
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 12 games, recording a sack, 3.0 tackles for loss and a forced fumble
• Fourth on the team with 55 tackles, made at least two tackles in every game
• SEC Community Service Team
• Wuerffel Trophy Nominee
• William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
• Made a season best and team high tying nine tackles at UNLV
• Represented team at 2023 SEC Media Days in Nashville
• Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
• Named to preseason Shrine Bowl 1000
As a Junior (2022)
• Team captain
• Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all 12 games with 42 tackles, 2.0 for loss
• Had at least one tackle in every game
• Made at least five tackles in five games
• Posted a season-best six tackles against Elon
As a Sophomore (2021)
• Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Led all SEC linebackers in interceptions (three)
• Second on the team with 85 total tackles (44 solo)
• Four break-ups and two quarterback hurries
• Twice made a career-best 11 tackles
As a Freshman (2020)
• Played in all nine games and started three, at Mississippi State, at Missouri and versus Tennessee
• 37 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss
• Among SEC freshmen, third in tackles/game (4.1)
• Three games with six or more tackles
• Four tackles versus Ole Miss, including first career tackle for loss
• Six tackles versus Mississippi State in first career start
• Personal-best, and team-leading, 10 tackles at Missouri
• Seven tackles against Tennessee
• First‐Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
The Barr File
• Three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN
• Three-year starter for Dallas-Fort Worth metro public power
• Two-time defensive captain
• Physical inside linebacker who accumulated more than 300 tackles in prep career
• Led team to 11-2 season, district title and third round of Texas 6A state playoffs as a senior
• 107 solo tackles, six sacks, three forced fumbles, two interceptions and scored four touchdowns as a senior
• 128 tackles, an interception and two forced fumbles as a junior
• Team’s defensive most valuable player as a junior
• 2019 all-region first team
• 2018-19 academic all-state first team
• Two-time letter winner in basketball
• Full name is Ethan Ryan Barr
• Son of Ryan and Beth Barr
• Turns 18 years of age in July
• Four siblings: Abbie, Creighton, Emma and Olivia
• Brother, Creighton, played football at North Texas
• Enjoys fishing
• Operates lawn service business
• Majored in human and organizational development, graduating in December 2023