Alonza Barnett III Season 2026

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2025, AT JAMES MADISON)

• HERO Sports Group of Five Third Team All-American
• Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year
• Bill Dudley Award winner, awarded to top Division I player in Virginia
• First Team All-Sun Belt quarterback
• Started all 14 games at quarterback
• Two-time Manning Award Stars of the Week (Oct. 20, Nov. 3)
• Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 (Oct. 20)
• Two-time Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 20, Nov. 3)
• Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Midseason Watch List
• Completed 216-of-370 pass attempts (58%) for 2,806 passing yards and 23 touchdowns with eight interceptions
• Also had 127 carries for 589 rushing yards and a team-best 15 rushing touchdowns
• Accounted for 3,395 yards of total offense and 38 total touchdowns
• Ranked 5th in JMU single-season history in rushing touchdowns, 7th in total offense and pass attempts, 8th in completions and 9th in passing touchdowns
• Season highs of 448 yards and six touchdowns, passing for 295 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for career highs of 153 yards and four touchdowns vs. Old Dominion (Oct. 18)
• Tallied five total touchdowns and 362 total yards at Texas State (Oct. 28), throwing for 264 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for 98 yards and a score
• Season-high 303 passing yards vs. App State (Nov. 15)
• Threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns vs. Louisiana (Oct. 11)
• Had four total touchdowns at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 29), throwing for 207 yards and three scores while rushing for 31 and another score
• Also passed for 270 yards and three touchdowns at Marshall (Nov. 8), highlighted by career-long, 80-yard touchdown pass
• Finished season with 273 passing yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 45 and a score in College Football Playoff at #5 Oregon (Dec. 20)
• Threw for over 250 yards and gained more than 300 total yards in six games
• Threw for 3+ touchdowns in four games and had 4+ total TD in three outings
• Rushed for over 50 yards in three games
• Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List
• Davey O'Brien Award Preseason Watch List
• Manning Award Watch List
• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List
• Preseason Second Team All-Sun Belt quarterback

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2024, AT JAMES MADISON)

• VaSID University Division Offensive Player of the Year
• Bill Dudley Award Finalist
• Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt selection
• Touchdown Club of Richmond Division I State Quarterback of the Year
• VaSID First Team All-State
• JMU's Dean Ehlers Team MVP
• Maxwell Award Midseason Watch List
• Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Midseason Watch List
• Associated Press National Player of the Week (Sept. 23)
• Walter Camp National FBS Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 24)
• Davey O'Brien National Co-Quarterback of the Week (Sept. 24)
• Manning Award Stars of the Week (Sept. 23)
• Two-time honoree on Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 (Sept. 23, Sept. 30)
• Two-time Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 23, Sept. 30)
• Started 12 games at quarterback
• Completed 213-of-355 pass attempts (60%) for 2,598 passing yards and 26 touchdowns with just four interceptions
• Also had 135 carries for 442 rushing yards and a team-best seven rushing touchdowns
• Accounted for 3,040 yards of total offense and 33 total touchdowns
• Ranked ninth in the FBS and second in the Sun Belt in point responsibility (16.5)
• Also ranked 18th in the FBS and second in the Sun Belt in passing touchdowns
• Was fourth in the Sun Belt in total offense per game (253.3) and 11th in rushing touchdowns
• JMU record with seven total touchdowns at North Carolina (Sept. 21)
• Threw for a career-high 388 passing yards and five touchdowns while rushing for a then career-best 99 yards and two touchdowns at UNC, becoming first Sun Belt player to throw for five touchdowns and rush for two more in the same game
• Passed for 280 yards and a career-high tying five touchdowns while rushing for 44 yards and a score vs. Ball State (Sept. 28)
• Turned in first 300-yard game in first start at Charlotte (Aug. 31), throwing for 219 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 89 yards
• Had four total touchdowns, passing for three and running for one vs. Coastal Carolina (Oct. 10)
• Passed for 241 yards and three touchdowns vs. Georgia State (Nov. 9)
• Tied then career high with two rushing touchdowns at Old Dominion (Nov. 16), which included a then career-long 50-yard rushing touchdown
• Threw for at least 250 yards in three games
• Tallied at least 300 total yards in four games
• Had at least three passing touchdowns in four games and two or more in eight outings
• Rushed for at least one touchdown in five games
• Ran for at least 50 yards in three games
• Dean's List (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
• 2024-25 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
• JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2023, AT JAMES MADISON)

• Played in two games, making one start
• Completed 3-of-11 pass attempts for 15 yards and an interception
• Had five carries for 29 rushing yards and a touchdown
• Scored first career touchdown on nine-yard rush vs. Bucknell (Sept. 2)
• Dean's List (Fall 2023)
• Named to SBC Academic Honor RolL

FRESHMAN (2022, AT JAMES MADISON)

• Played in two games, redshirting to retain a year of eligibility
• Completed 14-yard pass on only attempt of the season vs. Norfolk State (Sept. 10)
• Also had four carries for 15 yards
• Rushed for 16 yards with a long of 10 vs. Norfolk State
• JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2022)
• Enrolled at JMU in January 2022, participating in spring practice
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2022)

HIGH SCHOOL

• 2020-21 Friday Nights in Carolina First Team All-State
• 2020-21 and 2021 Metro 4A Offensive Player of the Year
• Metro 4A All-Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior
• 2020-21 4A State championship game MVP
• Greensboro News-Record All-Area Offensive Player of the Year as a senior
• First Team All-Area as a junior and senior
• NC/SC Shrine Bowl selection
• Carolina Bowl MVP
• Helped Grimsley to 2020-21 4A state championship, a 2019 semifinal berth and to the 2021 second round
• National Honor Society
• Spanish Honor Society
• Chess Club

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