Elijah Barnes holds the WLB · Starter spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Elijah Barnes is a 6'1", 242-pound weak-side linebacker from Dallas, TX who attended Skyline High School. A four-star recruit ranked 68th overall in the 2025 class with a rating of 0.9661, Barnes transferred to Kentucky after time at Texas. He is listed as a redshirt freshman/transfer for the 2026 class and currently wears jersey number 0 for the Wildcats.

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