# Jovantae Barnes

RB · Kentucky (SEC) · #2 · 6'0" · 211 lbs · 5TH

RB depth chart rank 3 · 38 career games (11 starts)

## Career statistics

### Rushing

| Season | Team | GP | Carries | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | UK | 5 | 28 | 156 | 5.6 | 1 |
| 2025 | OKLA | 4 | 19 | 45 | 2.4 | 1 |
| 2024 | OKLA | 10 | 122 | 577 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2023 | OKLA | 8 | 37 | 140 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 2022 | OKLA | 11 | 116 | 519 | 4.5 | 5 |

### Receiving

| Season | Team | GP | Targets | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | UK | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2025 | OKLA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | OKLA | 10 | 20 | 17 | 123 | 7.2 | 1 |
| 2023 | OKLA | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2022 | OKLA | 11 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 |

## 2026 game log

| Week | Opponent | Carries | Rushing yards | Rushing TDs | Targets | Receptions | Receiving yards | Receiving TDs | RZ opps | Touch share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | vs ALA | 3 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.0% |
| 4 | vs USA | 8 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.1% |
| 5 | at SCAR | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.8% |
| 6 | vs LSU | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.3% |
| 7 | at OKLA | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.9% |

## Recruiting

4-star recruit in the 2022 class · #115 national · RB #10 · from Desert Pines (Las Vegas, NV)

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/players/90245190-8924-11ec-9d5d-7fd8386e1766
Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.