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Jersey Number 33
Johnsley Barbas
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Centennial HS
Bio
As a Redshirt Freshman (2024)
As a Freshman (2023)
High School
Personal
- Played all 12 games
- Five tackles (four solo) on the season
- Season-high two tackles vs. Baylor (Nov. 23)
- 80.5 tackling grade (PFF) ranked second on team
- Tied for second on team with 41 kick coverage snaps
- Second on team with 44 punt return snaps played
- Played 108 total special teams snaps
As a Freshman (2023)
- Redshirted
- Appeared in four games
- Played in four of first five games
- 57 snaps – all on special teams
- Snaps: 25 kick return, 19 kick coverage and 13 punt return
- Did not record a statistic
High School
- Three-star prospect by 247Sports
- Nation’s No. 71-ranked safety (247Sports)
- No. 63 overall player in state of Georgia (247Sports)
- 247Sports Freaks List for the class of 2023
- As a senior, posted 34 total tackles
- Two punt returns for 72 yards as a senior
- Punt return touchdown in a 41-21 win against Chattahoochee
- Career-high 12 tackles against Etowah (Sept. 9)
- Two games with 100+ rushing yards
- Three games with a rushing touchdown
- 115 rushing yards with three rushing TDs vs. North Springs (Nov. 21)
- 60-yard punt return TD vs. Chattahoochee (Sept. 29)
- Three rushing touchdowns
- 84 tackles as a junior
- Doubling as team’s punter, delivering 1,181 yards on 31 punts
- Chose Houston over Louisville, Memphis, East Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest among others
- Joined Houston in January as mid-year enrollee
Personal
- Nickname: JBarb
- Hobbies: football
- Describes himself as humble, positive and outgoing
- Favorite childhood memory is coming to the U.S. for the first time
- Game day rituals including praying (night before) and stretching
- Dream job outside football: Personal Calisthenic Coach
- Most people don’t know that he love calisthenics
- Community service/volunteer activities: Cleaning up Cullen Blvd in 2024
- Favorite TV show or series: Creed season 1, 2, and 3
- Chose UH because he knew it is the best place for him to grow
- One word to describe himself on the field: electric
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: pasta
- His motivation for working hard: Sean Taylor, who made him fall in love with sports
- Best advice: always play the next play
- Most memorable athletic feat: scoring 19 touchdowns his high school senior season
- Unique fact: he loves doing crazy workout tricks
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04
