CAREER STATISTICS
AT GEORGIA STATE: All-Sun Belt Conference running back who is Georgia State’s career leader in rushing yards (2,156) and rushing touchdowns (19) and the first season 1,000-yard rusher and career 2,000-yard rusher in school history ... Owns the GSU records for rushing yards in a game, season and career, as well as the marks for rushing touchdowns in a season and career ... Career average of 5.6 yards per carry ... A GSU-record eight career 100-yard games
A 2016 signee who played as a true freshman ... Childhood friend and high school teammate of Kansas City Chief Mecole Hardman.
2019: First-team All-Sun Belt Conference, the first GSU running back to earn that distinction ... Led the Sun Belt and ranked No. 11 in FBS with 111.8 rushing yards per game. Set GSU-season records with 1,453 yards rushing and 12 TDs as the first 1,000-yard rusher in school history ... Averaged 5.9 yards per carry ... Had seven 100-yard games, including five straight (Arkansas State through ULM). Had 432 yards and four touchdowns in two-game stretch vs. Troy and ULM.
Named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for a school-record 242 yards and two touchdowns vs. Troy. Broke the GSU records for rushing yards in a game, season and career while recording his fourth-straight 100-yard game. Broke the single-game record with a 41-yard TD run on 4th-and-1 with one minute left. Also had a 5-yard TD run ... Followed with 190 yards vs. ULM, including TD runs of one and five yards.
Rushed for 128 yards on 23 carries and one TD in win over South Alabama. Had 94 yards in second half to allow GSU to control the clock and seal the win ... Recorded his third straight 100-yard game--the first GSU player to do so--with 108 yards on 17 carries vs. Army, including a 1-yard touchdown run with 7:41 to play.
Rushed for 139 yards on just 14 carries as part of GSU’s then-school record 340 rushing yards vs. Arkansas State. Scored on a 3-yard run. Made perhaps the key play of the game with a 56-yard run down to the 5-yard line to set up a fourth-quarter touchdown that sealed the win ... Followed with 110 yards on 20 carries at Coastal Carolina as GSU set another school record with 350 yards. Scored two second-half touchdowns on runs of 26 and two yards on back-to-back possessions.
Rushed for 95 yards on 21 carries in win at Tennessee. His 19-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter gave GSU the lead for good ... Added 52 yards on nine carries in win over Furman, including an 18-yard TD ... Had his second career 100-yard game with 127 yards on 19 carries at Western Michigan.
2018: Emerged as the Panthers’ top running back and finished as the team’s second-leading rusher behind quarterback Dan Ellington ... Rushed for 551 yards in 11 games, the sixth-best season total in school history ... Carried the ball 109 times for an averaging 5.1 yards per attempt ... Scored seven touchdowns, two shy of the GSU season record ... Had 14 receptions for 70 yards.
Rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns on just 11 carries vs. Coastal Carolina, the second-highest single-game rushing total in school history. Touchdown runs of 42 and 75 yards, the latter the third-longest run from scrimmage in GSU history ... Followed with 85 yards and two more touchdowns vs. Texas State, and then 82 yards vs. Louisiana ... Scored his first touchdown in the win over ULM with a 23-yard run in the first quarter. Finished with 62 yards on 14 carries, both career highs ... Also rushed for touchdowns vs. Troy and Arkansas State ... Missed the season finale due to injury.
2017: Rushed for 45 yards on just eight carries, plus six receptions for 16 yards, for the season ... Saw most of his action over the final three games, beginning against App State, when he rushed for 42 yards on just five carries and caught three passes ... Had three more receptions vs. Idaho. 2017: Rushed for 45 yards on just eight carries, plus six receptions for 16 yards, for the season ... Saw most of his action over the final three games, beginning against App State, when he rushed for 42 yards on just five carries and caught three passes ... Had three more receptions vs. Idaho.
2016: Played in eight games as a true freshman, rushing for 107 yards on 22 carries (4.9 yard per carry) ... Averaged 24.5 yards on 13 kickoff returns with one touchdown ... Also caught three passes for 29 yards ...Saw his first action in Game 5 vs. Texas State, Had three carries for 31 yards and two kickoff returns for 33 yards ... Returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown vs. Arkansas State ... Added a 32-yard return vs. ULM.
HIGH SCHOOL: Helped lead Elbert County High School to the state quarterfinals in Class AAA ... Earned all-county honors as a running back from the Elberton Star ... Also played safety and returned punts and kickoffs ... Four-year letterwinner for coach Sid Fitts.
PERSONAL: Full name is LaTravias Keyshawn Barnett but goes by Tra (pronounced TRAY) ... Born Sept. 14, 1997 ... Parents are LaJarvon Keith Barnett and Sherry Fortson Browner ... Majoring in marketing.
TRA BARNETT’S GEORGIA STATE RECORDS
Rushing Yards, Game: 242 vs. Troy, 2019
Rushing Attempts, Game: 34 vs. Troy, 2019
Rushing Yards, Season: 1,453, 2019
Rushing Yards Per Game, Season: 111.8, 2019
Rushing Attempts, Season: 248, 2019
Rushing Touchdowns, Season: 12, 2019
Touchdowns, Season: 12, 2019
100-Yard Rushing Games, Season: 7, 2019
Consecutive 100-Yard Games: 5, 2019
Rushing Yards, Career: 2,156, 2016-19
Rushing Attempts, Career: 387, 2016-19
Rushing Touchdowns, Career: 19, 2016-19
100-Yard Rushing Games, Career: 8, 2016-19
