RASHAD BARKSDALE #35

Position	Cornerback
Height	5-11
Weight	208
Years Experience	2
Birthdate	5/11/1984
Hometown	Hudson, NY
College	Albany
Current status	Active
Games Started	0
Games Played	6

Pro Career

Second-year cornerback makes his first trek to River Falls with Kansas City … Attended training camp with Philadelphia in 2007, but was released prior to the season … Was claimed off waivers by Kansas City from Philadelphia on September 2nd … Expected to battle for a roster spot in the Chiefs secondary … Should continue to contribute on special teams while learning the intricacies of playing cornerback at the pro level … Made a meteoric rise to the NFL despite not playing football until his senior year of college … A baseball standout his first four collegiate campaigns before joining the football team as a fifth-year walk-on … Has benefitted greatly from the tutelage of Chiefs defensive backs coach David Gibbs … Owns six games of regular season action, producing nine special team tackles.

Transactions: Claimed off waivers by Kansas City from Philadelphia (9/2/07) ... Released by Philadelphia (9/1/07) ... Signed a four-year contract with Philadelphia (5/30/07) ... Entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick (201st overall) of Philadelphia in the 2007 NFL Draft.

2007

Played in six games and was inactive for 10 contests … Had nine special teams tackles … Was claimed off waivers from Philadelphia on September 2nd … Was inactive at Houston (9/9), at Chicago (9/16), vs. Minnesota (9/23) and at San Diego (9/30) ... Recorded one special teams tackle in his initial NFL game vs. Jacksonville (10/7), becoming the first player from the University at Albany to play in an NFL game … Was inactive vs. Green Bay (11/4), vs. Denver (11/11), at Indianapolis (11/18), vs. Oakland (11/25), vs. San Diego (12/2) and at Denver (12/9) ... Posted three special teams tackles vs. Tennessee (12/16) and at the N.Y. Jets (12/30).

College Bio

Started 10 games, registering 37 tackles (26 solo), three interceptions and three passes defensed in his lone season of football at Albany … Walked onto the football squad in August of 2006 as a fifth-year senior and proceeded to start 10 games that season … Named Mid-Major All-America by Football Gazette … In two campaigns with the Albany baseball squad he hit .288 with three home runs, 24 RBI and 29 stolen bases … Began his collegiate career with two baseball seasons at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York … Majored in Sociology at Albany.

Personal Bio

• A two-sport athlete at Hudson High School in Hudson, New York.

• Earned all-state honors as a RB and DB as a senior, in addition all-state accolades in baseball.

• Stole 90 career bases and named Patroon Conference MVP as a senior.

• Served as an intern with Metro Sports during the 2008 off-season.

• Is a spokesperson for Wayside Waifs, a local animal shelter and animal adoption agency.

• Volunteers at Higher M-Pact, an agency that helps high-risk urban youths prepare for success.

• Full name: Rashad Emmanuel Unique Barksdale.

• Single, resides in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.