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Les Barley Fullback/Linebacker
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Height: 6-2
Weight: 220
Date of Birth: 9/7/67
College: Winston-Salem State
Year-by-Year:
1992: Made his AFL debut with the expansion Charlotte Rage.... Named the team's Most Valuable Player after he finished second in the league in rushing with a career-high 264 yards on 70 carries...Added ten touchdowns...On defense, set career-best marks with 30 tackles, nine assists and two passes defensed.1993: Played in two games for the Rage, gaining 42 yards on nine carries and scoring a touchdown...Also had two receptions for 28 yards and two touchdowns with the Rage...Traded to the Storm (6/2) for WR/LB Anthony Howard...In role as No. 2 FB/LB behind Andre Bowden, contributed 73 yards on the ground, two touchdowns, seven tackles, a sack and a forced fumble...Shone in ArenaBowl VII win over Detroit (8/21), gaining 49 yards on only six carries and sharing a sack with Keith Browner...Scored a touchdown with 3:48 left to seal the Storm's 51-31 championship win...Played with Storm in European exhibition in December 1993 and was named Game MVP.
1994: Led league in rushing attempts (52)...Second on the Storm in rushing with 147 yards...Scored eight touchdowns.
1995: Traded from the Storm to the expansion Connecticut Coyotes in the offseason...Named to the All-AFL first team for the first time in his career; he was the lone bright spot on an otherwise dreadful Coyote club that limped home at 1-11...Named Coyotes MVP...Forced four fumbles and recovered two, both career-bests...Led Coyotes in rushing attempts (18), rushing yardage (118) and rushing touchdowns (7)...Was third on the team in scoring with 54 points on nine touchdowns...Had best receiving year of his career, catching 11 passes for 118 yards, both career highs.
1996: Scored four touchdowns in the first three games of the season with the Rage...Reunited with his old coach from the Storm, Lary Kuharich, when he took over the Coyote reins in January...Didn't last long with Kuharich, though, as the Coyotes traded him back to his original team, the Rage (5/14)... In joining Charlotte, was reunited with another former coach, Rick Buffington, who coached Connecticut in 1995...Led Charlotte in rushing with 92 yards on 27 carries; he also scored five touchdowns...Had another good receiving season, catching nine passes for 107 yards; seven of catches and 103 of those yards came with the Rage...Had two sacks for 17 yards...Recovered two fumbles...Became a free agent when the Rage disbanded and he was not picked in the expansion draft.
1997: Led the Storm in rushing yards with 183, and scored eight touchdowns...Became the leading rusher in league history, scoring on a 23-yard touchdown at Albany (6/7) to break Major Harris' record of 837 yards...Named Ironman of the Game against Florida (5/10) by virtue of gaining 19 yards on the ground and adding a tackle...Gained 37 yards on eight carries in the Storm's win at Nashville (5/23)...Scored two touchdowns and had a sack in the loss to New Jersey (6/14)...Had an excellent all-around game against Anaheim (7/12), scoring a touchdown on the ground, making two tackles and three assists and posting half a sack...Turned in the longest run of his career with a 39-yard ramble for a score against San Jose (8/2)...Also had a season-high 41 yards on the ground against the SaberCats...Played in 13 of the Storm's 14 regular season games...Ran for a season- high 45 yards on eight carries at Nashville (8/10) and scored two touchdowns.
1998: Named All-AFL Second Team...By all accounts, enjoyed the best season of his distinguished Arena Football League career...Ran 61 times for 232 yards, finishing third in the league in rushing...Scored a career-high and league-leading 15 rushing touchdowns... That total also tied a franchise record...Surged at the end of the season; gaining 154 yards in the last seven games...Averaged 5.3 yards per carry in that span... Led the league among fullback/linebackers with eight sacks...That total was not only a career high, but a franchise record...Began the season at San Jose (5/1) by rambling for 41 yards on six carries, including a 25-yard score in the second quarter...Against Nashville (5/9) Made a tackle, an assist and consistently pressured Kats QB Andy Kelly...Gained 16 yards on eight carries and scored on a three-yard touchdown run in the final minute of the game against Houston (5/16)... At Florida, (5/23), he went over the 1,000-yard mark on a three-yard carry with one minute left in the game...Finished with six yards on four carries...Added a sack and three total tackles on defense...One week later at New Jersey (5/30), he fell back below 1,000 yards but got it back on his next carry; he ended the game with 1,006 yards for his career after running for five yards on three carries...His biggest play, though, came on a third quarter pass rush; he hit New Jersey quarterback Rickey Foggie, forced him to fumble, and then pounced on the loose ball in the end zone for a score and a 50-21 lead...Against New York (6/6), he scored a career-high three touchdowns, and added to his all-time rushing total by gaining eight yards on six carries...Caught one pass for nine yards in the third quarter...Made one solo tackle and two assists as he was named the Tinactin Ironman of the Game...Gained Tinactin Ironman honors for the second game in a row at Orlando (6/12), gaining three yards on four carries and scored the Storm's first touchdown of the game on a one-yard plunge late in the first quarter to tie the score at 7-7...Led Storm linebackers with three tackles...Gained 24 yards on seven carries against Albany (6/20)...Set up his only touchdown of the game with a 12-yard rush around left end; the ramble gave the Storm first-and-goal from the one-yard-line...Led linebackers in total tackles with four...Made one huge play in the third quarter, sacking Albany QB Mike Pawlawski on a third-and- seven play and stripping the ball; the fumble was recovered by the Firebirds but it forced them into a 54-yard field goal attempt...One week later against Orlando (6/27), he turned in his second strong rushing game in succession, gaining 23 yards on three carries, including a 14-yard rush in the first quarter, his longest single run since Week One...Scored on a six-yard run with 2:46 left in the fourth quarter; he intended to run around right end, but, seeing all lanes clogged, he reversed his field and crossed the gridiron horizontally to the left sideline before dashing in to give the Storm a 49-30 lead; it was quite possibly the longest six-yard run in Arena Football history...Recovered a Bruce LaSane fumble in the fourth quarter to set up his cross-field heroics...One week later, he was named Tinactin Ironman of the Game and league Ironman of the Week...Scored a career-high three rushing touchdowns on runs of five, six and nine yards...Rambled for 22 yards on just four carries...Posted two sacks for 11 yards and added three unassisted tackles... Although he was not honored as Ironman of the Game one week later against Florida (7/12), he did post Ironman numbers...Recorded two sacks for 18 yards...On one sack, he forced Bobcat QB Fred McNair to fumble...Posted two unassisted tackles... Ran once for three yards and caught one pass for four yards...Five days later at Nashville (7/17), he gained 22 yards on just two carries...Hauled in two passes for 10 yards...On the Storm's first scoring drive against the Kats, late in the second quarter, he accounted for 24 out of the team's 35 yards...In Week 13 against Iowa (7/25), he gained a team-high 17 yards on four carries, scoring on a one-yard rush on the Storm's first possession of the third quarter...Posted four total tackles, including two unassisted, and one sack for six yards...In the regular season finale at Grand Rapids (8/1), he rambled for a season-high 43 yards on just eight carries...Scored two touchdowns...Kept the Storm's final drive alive with a key nine-yard-rush on fourth-and-one from the Rampage's 15-yard-line...Scored the winning touchdown from four yards out two plays later with 18 seconds on the clock... Defensively, posted one assist....Began the postseason with a bang, scoring two touchdowns and gaining 24 yards on the ground against San Jose (8/8)... One week later against New Jersey (8/14), he gained eight yards on one carry and had the game's only sack, on Rickey Foggie...Had a forgettable game in the ArenaBowl XII disaster, losing two yards on his only carry and only posting one assist on defense.
1999: Endured a bizarre offseason that saw him left unprotected by the Storm in the expansion draft, selected by Buffalo in that draft, and then traded with Bjorn Nittmo back to the Storm in February...Scored on a two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against Albany (4/24) to pull the Storm within 21-14...Ended the loss to the Firebirds with seven yards on five carries...Five days later at Milwaukee (4/29), he posted his first solo tackle of the season and gained four yards on four carries...Also caught his first pass of the season, a four-yarder...Hit two significant milestones in the 43-12 win over Florida (5/15)...First, he scored two touchdowns---one in the second quarter and another in the fourth---which put him at 60 rushing touchdowns for his career. Second, he gained a team-high 18 yards, wish pushed the AFL's all-time leading rusher to the 1200-yard mark...He also hauled in a 19-yard screen pass from Peter Tom Willis late in the third quarter that set up the Storm's fifth touchdown of the evening...However, his biggest play of the night came on defense, with 2:03 left in the second quarter. With Florida facing 2nd-and-10 at its own five-yard-line, Barley broke through the Bobcat line to nail QB Fred McNair three yards deep in the end zone. McNair managed to get the ball away, but the play was ruled as intentional grounding, and, thus, a safety for the Storm....Also recovered a fumbled snap with five minutes left in the game; the recovery set up his second rushing touchdown.
Career: Ranks first on league's all-time list in rushing attempts (348) and rushing yardage (1200)...Is second on league's all-time list in rushing touchdowns with 60.
AFL Statistics
1999 GAME-BY-GAME
RECEIVING
Date Opponent REC YDS AVG LG TD
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4/24 Albany 0 0 0.0 0 0
4/29 Milwaukee 1 4 4.0 4 0
5/15 Florida 1 19 19.0 19 0
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SEASON TOTALS 2 23 11.5 4 0
RUSHING
Date Opponent RUSH YDS AVG LG TD
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4/24 Albany 5 7 1.4 6 1
4/29 Milwaukee 4 4 1.0 1 0
5/15 Florida 8 18 2.3 6 2
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SEASON TOTALS 17 29 1.7 6 3
DEFENSE
Date Opponent TKL AST SKS YDS FF-FR INT YDS TD
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4/24 Albany 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0
4/29 Milwaukee 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0
5/15 Florida 2 0 1 5 0-1 0 0 0
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SEASON TOTALS 3 1 1 5 0-1 0 0 0
CAREER
RECEIVING
Date Opponent REC YDS AVG LG TD
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1992 Charlotte 6 39 6.5 -- 0
1993 Charlotte 2 28 14.0 -- 2
Tampa Bay 2 8 4.0 8 0
TOTALS 4 36 9.0 -- 2
1994 Tampa Bay 4 38 9.5 19 2
1995 Connecticut 11 118 10.7 25 1
1996 Connecticut 2 4 13.0 -- 1
Charlotte 7 103 14.7 -- 0
TOTALS 9 107 11.9 -- 1
1997 Tampa Bay 1 2 2.0 2 0
1998 Tampa Bay 8 55 6.9 12 0
1999 Tampa Bay 2 23 11.5 19 0
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CAREER TOTALS 45 418 9.3 25 6
RUSHING
Year Team RUSH YDS AVG LG TD
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1992 Charlotte 70 264 3.8 30 10
1993 Charlotte 9 42 4.7 11 1
Tampa Bay 22 73 3.3 10 2
TOTALS 31 115 3.7 11 3
1994 Tampa Bay 52 147 2.8 13 6
1995 Connecticut 38 118 3.1 15 7
1996 Connecticut 9 19 2.1 8 3
Charlotte 27 92 3.4 27 5
TOTALS 36 111 3.1 27 8
1997 Tampa Bay 43 183 4.3 39 8
1998 Tampa Bay 61 232 3.8 25 15
1999 Tampa Bay 17 29 1.7 6 3
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CAREER TOTALS 348 1200 3.4 39 60
DEFENSE
Year Team TKL AST SKS YDS FF-FR INT YDS TD
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1992 Charlotte 30 9 2 -- 0-0 0 0 0
1993 Charlotte 2 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 7 2 1 2 1-0 0 0 0
TOTALS 9 3 1 2 1-0 0 0 0
1994 Tampa Bay 12 4 1 4 1-1 1 0 0
1995 Connecticut 17 3 2 17 4-2 0 0 0
1996 Connecticut 6 1 0 0 0-1 0 0 0
Charlotte 13 4 2 17 0-1 0 0 0
TOTALS 19 5 2 17 0-2 0 0 0
1997 Tampa Bay 15 12 1.5 15 1-1 0 0 0
1998 Tampa Bay 19 11 8 55 3-3 0 0 1
1999 Tampa Bay 3 1 1 5 0-1 0 0 0
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CAREER TOTALS 124 48 18.5 115 10-10 1 0 1