# David Barrett (American football)

David Barrett (born December 22, 1977) is a former American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL draft. He played college football at Arkansas. He went to school and graduated from Osceola High School where he excelled in football.
Barrett also played for the New York Jets.

## College career

Barrett played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks. During his college career, he had a total of 176 tackles, 7 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles and 5 sacks. He majored in architecture.

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
| 5 ft 9+7⁄8 in (1.77 m) | 199 lb (90 kg) | 31+1⁄8 in (0.79 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.46 s | 1.55 s | 2.60 s | 4.04 s | 6.81 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 16 reps |
| All values from NFL Combine ||||||||||||

### Arizona Cardinals

Barrett was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round (102nd overall) in the 2000 NFL draft. He played for them until 2003.

### New York Jets

In 2004, David Barrett signed with the New York Jets and became the team's starting cornerback. In 2005, he had five interceptions. However, by 2007 he had lost his starting job to Hank Poteat.
On February 10, 2009, Barrett was released by the Jets.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| Bold | Career high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 2000 | ARI | 16 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | ARI | 16 | 9 | 62 | 53 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | ARI | 14 | 14 | 74 | 57 | 17 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| 2003 | ARI | 16 | 16 | 80 | 69 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | NYJ | 16 | 16 | 78 | 64 | 14 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | NYJ | 13 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| 2006 | NYJ | 13 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | NYJ | 16 | 9 | 63 | 54 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | NYJ | 11 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 131 | 76 | 479 | 391 | 88 | 0.5 | 15 | 18 | 162 | 1 | 25 | 71 | 10 | 3 | 51 | 0 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 2004 | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Personal

In 1979, his mother, Willie Ann Rucker, disappeared and has never been found. Barrett appeared in ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2006, with teammate Adrian Jones, to help build a new home for the Llanes family. His wife Sheila works as a curator for the Jefferson Davis museum in Waterloo.