Kentucky Wildcats · RB RoomRB

#2 Jovantae Barnes

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Oklahoma (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'0" · 214 lbHometown  Las Vegas, NV · Desert Pines

Depth-chart placement

Current role

RB2

Placement

Backup

Room

Running Back

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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RB room context

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Jovantae Barnes holds the RB · Backup spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

RB · StarterCJ BaxterStarter

RB · BackupJovantae BarnesBackup

Transfer history

2026Oklahoma→Kentucky Wildcats

Background & career

Jovantae Barnes is a 6'0", 214-pound running back from Las Vegas, Nevada, who attended Desert Pines High School. A four-star recruit ranked 115th overall in the 2022 class with a rating of 0.9532, Barnes played college football at Oklahoma before transferring to Kentucky. He wears No. 2 for the Wildcats and holds redshirt senior or transfer-year status for the 2026 season.

Oklahoma2022 – 2025

Kentucky2026 — present

Previous schoolOklahomaRecruiting4-star · No. 115 nationalOriginLas Vegas, NV · Desert Pines