Since joining the Eagles in the middle of 2014, he’s played alongside LeSean McCoy, DeMarco Murray and Ryan Mathews - three Pro Bowl running backs - not to mention Darren Sproles, an accomplished running back who’s a two-time Pro Bowler as a returner. With the Panthers, who drafted him in the sixth round in 2013, he was teammates of two Pro Bowl running backs, Stewart and DeAngelo Williams. He’s now in his fourth NFL season and he has 34 regular-season carries to his name.īut the time he’s spent waiting for his turn he’s put to good use, learning and watching some of the NFL’s best running backs. This is the story of Barner’s professional life. You just don’t run across guys like that, who take it upon themselves like that to teach you the game of football. “We’re out and about, we’re having fun, and he takes everybody’s drinks so he can teach some rookie protections. Really teaching me like it was on a chalkboard. “Then he’s like, ‘OK, this guy does that, this guy does this, what do you do?’ And he’s moving drinks around on the table. He’s moving them around - he’s got the drinks in a 3-4, he’s got them in a 4-3.Ĭheck out some of the fresh kelly green Eagles merch “Then he says, ‘OK, come here, you need to learn this.’ He’s got all these drinks and he’s placing them in a defensive front. He didn’t care whose drink it was, he’s just grabbing everybody’s drink. “He’s like, ‘OK, come here, everybody get away from the table.' People are trying to grab their drinks, and he’s like, ‘No, leave your drinks,’ and he sets up the defense with everybody’s drinks. “We’re out having fun, it’s 1 o’clock in the morning, and I’m like, ‘What? What are you talking about?’ “We were just having a conversation, and he was like, ‘You OK with protections?’” Barner recalled. It was there, at a Charlotte nightclub called Stache House, that Kenjon Barner began learning how to be a pro.īarner’s teammate Jonathan Stewart, a Pro Bowl running back and the second-leading rusher in Panthers history, pulled Barner aside early that morning and told him it was time to stop focusing on that drink in his hand and start learning how to pick up blitzes. This was the fall of 2013, and a bunch of guys from the Carolina Panthers were out at a Charlotte nightclub relaxing and enjoying a cold beverage or two. Actually, it was way beyond late at night.
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