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Truman State University Athletics

2019 Football Roster

Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie

15 Jaden Barr

  • Position Quarterback
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 197
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown California, Mo.
  • High School California HS

Biography

Career Highs
Passing Yards: 275 vs Southwest Baptist (10/7/2017)
Passing Touchdowns: 5 vs Malone (9/10/2016)
Attempts: 47 vs Morningside (9/8/2018)
Completions: 26 at Lindenwood (10/12/2019)
 
Rushing Attempts: 19 at McKendree (11/12/2016)
Rushing Yards: 165 vs Lincoln (10/13/2018)
Rushing Touchdowns: 3 vs Quincy (10/29/2016)
Catches: 1 (two times, most recently vs Drake 9/7/2019)
Receiving Yards: 29 at William Jewell (10/21/2017)

2018 (Junior) 
  • Ranked third in the GLVC in Total Offense (208.9) and rushing (82.7)..
  • Team’s leading rusher at 910 yards and most rushing yards in a season by a Truman signal caller.
  • Averaged 6.6 yards per rush, which ranked 10thin a Truman single-season.
  • His 2,298 total offensive yards was the 15thmost by a Bulldog in a season.
  • For his career, is ranked third on Bulldog total offensive yards with 6,683.
  • Ranked in Truman top 10 for rushing TDs (22), passing yards (4,835), passing attempts (773), completion percentage (58.5%), passing efficiency (119.7), completions (452), TD passes (38) and touchdowns responsible for (60).
  • Had four 100-yard rushing games with season high 165 yards on 16 attempts against Lincoln on October 13.
  • Most passing yards was 173 on 47 attempts and 22 completions against Morningside on September 8. 
  • Longest pass was 75-yards to Mitch Nichols against Valparaiso on September 22 and longest rush 59 yards against Quincy on October 27.
  • A three-time GLVC Sportsmanship nominee.
  • Named for the third time to the Academic All-GLVC team and posted a 4.0 GPA to earn Scholar-athlete honors. 
2017 (Sophomore): Threw for 1,542 yards and rushed for 598 yards during sophomore season…completed 59% of his passes and tossed 11 touchdowns with another five on the ground…will enter junior season ranked 13thin Truman passing yards with 3,774 and 14thin Total Offense with 4,384 yards and will enter the Bulldog top 10 in passing attempts, completions, td passes and touchdowns responsible for…threw for a career high 275 yards with 71% completion percentage against Southwest Baptist (Oct. 7)…the 23 completions matched his career high…has completed over 70% of his passes in five career games…ran for 101 yards on 10 carries in second SBU game (Nov. 4)…had two punts and one reception, for 29 yards against William Jewell (Oct. 17)…was Truman’s nominee for the GLVC Sportsmanship Award for Football…earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

2016 (Redshirt Freshman): GLVC Freshman of the Year and second team All-GLVC honoree…started last 10 games and went 8-2 with wins in his first five games…was responsible for 27 touchdowns (17 passing, 10 rushing), fifth most in a Truman single season…was fifth in the GLVC in passing (173.2/g) and fourth in total offense (204.4/g)…completed nearly 60% of his passes with most attempts being 35 against Malone with five touchdown passes (Sept. 10)…season-high 270 yards passing in victory over William Jewell (Oct. 22)…most rushing yards was 78 on 19 attempts against Indianapolis (Oct. 1)…had the 15th most total offensive yards (2,244) yards in a Truman season…a member of the GLVC All-Academic team.

2015 (Freshman): Redshirt season…earned GLVC All-Academic honors……a global ambassador for Team Type 1 Foundation and spent weekend with Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow…is active in fundraising to find cure for Type 1 diabetes.

High School: Earned all-state, all-district and all-conference honors as a quarterback, defensive back and punter for the Pintos of California…was a first-team all-state quarterback after throwing for over 2200 yards and rushing for another 1900 during his senior season…he had 59 total touchdowns with 29 through the air and 30 on the ground…he was 38-4 as a starting quarterback and led the Pintos to three trips to the Class 3 semifinals…he holds the California school records for passing yards in a game, season and career, most passing touchdowns in a game, season and career and most rushing touchdowns in game, season and career for a quarterback…as a defensive back, where he earned second team all-state accolades, he picked off five passes…averaged 43 yards and earned second team all-state as a punter…a member of the school’s basketball team where he has been named all-conference and all-district while a member of a district championship team…has scored over 1,000 points…an all-district and all-conference baseball player and has been named the offensive most valuable player after hitting over .500 in both his sophomore and junior seasons…a three-time Academic All-State honoree…Wendy’s High School Heisman State Winner and has earned Most Outstanding Student of the Year in several subjects.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'1" 190 lbs
  • 16

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    Quarterback
    5'11" 195 lbs
    16
  • 15

    2017Sophomore

    Quarterback
    5'11" 192 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2018Junior

    Quarterback
    5'11" 197 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019Senior

    Quarterback
    5'11" 197 lbs
    15