Barry Wagner
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| Position: | Wide receiver / Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 24, 1967 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Greensboro, Alabama | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Greensboro (AL) | ||||||||||
| College: | Alabama A&M | ||||||||||
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| Player stats at ArenaFan.com | |||||||||||
| Receptions: | 1 |
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| Yards: | 16 |
| Touchdowns: | 0 |
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| Receptions-Yards-TDs: | 991 - 13,363 - 256 |
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| Rushes-Yards-TDs: | 356 - 855 - 127 |
| Tackles-Sacks: | 677 - 2 |
| Interceptions: | 47 |
| Returns-Yards-TDs: | 345 - 6,279 - 9 |
Barry Wagner (born November 24, 1967) is a retired American football player in the Arena Football League for the Orlando Predators, with whom he won his first ArenaBowl Championship, and the San Jose SaberCats, with whom he won two championships. He also played in the World Indoor Football League as a wide receiver/defensive back with the Daytona Beach Thunder. Wagner is the all-time AFL all-purpose yardage leader. He is considered the best Arena Football player of all time. During the 2012 Arena Football League season, Wagner was named the league's greatest player of all time.
While attending Alabama A&M University, Wagner starred in football and broke many school records held by former Pittsburgh Steeler John Stallworth. As a senior, he caught 112 passes for 1,817 yards (16.22 yards per rec. avg.), won Associated Press and Football News Division II All-America honors, was the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and played in the 1989 Senior Bowl. In one game against Clark Atlanta University, he caught 23 passes, setting two school single game records with 370 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns.
During his initial tenure with the Orlando Predators, Wagner was a key component in the famous "Miracle Minute", in which he scored two touchdowns, two two-point conversions, recovered an onside kick, and made a key defensive stop, all in the final minute of a 1992 game against the Detroit Drive. He was a 7-time AFL Ironman of the Year award winner, 7 years in a row (1992–1997) He was traded to the New Jersey Red Dogs for Alvin Ashley on September 23, 1999 after requesting a trade.
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