*** 2021 Walter Payton Award Winner ***
*** 2020-21 and 2021 Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Year ***
*** 2021 & 2020-21 & 2019 Team Co-Captain ***

Career: Barriere leaves Eastern as the all-time leader in yards of total offense (15,394), passing yards (13,809) and passing touchdowns (121) which are also Big Sky Conference records. He holds EWU all-time records in completions (1,007), attempts (1,623), rushing yards by a quarterback (1,585), touchdowns responsible for (143) and points responsible for (882), among many other categories. His 42 starts in 51 games at the quarterback position is the second-highest mark in school history. He won the prestigious Walter Payton Award in the 2021 season, also finishing as the runner up in 2020-21 and fifth in 2019. Barriere had 17 games with 400 or more yards of total offense, also an Eastern record, and he won Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honors 12 times. He was named the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Year in each of his final two seasons. Barriere was named All-American by eight different publications in 2021. He ends his career ranked 11th in rushing touchdowns (22), third in yards of total offense per game (301.8), fifth in completion percentage (62.0%) and fourth in passing efficiency rating (154.5).

2021 Honors: Barriere was the recipient of the most prestigious honor for an offensive player at the FCS level, the Walter Payton Award. He previously finished in the top five of voting for the award in 2019 and was the runner-up for the 2020-21 season. The 35th recipient in the history of the Walter Payton Award, Barriere was selected by a 50-member national media panel after the 2021 regular season had concluded. He is the fourth Eagle to ever win the award, giving Eastern Washington the most Payton trophies in the award’s history. The last Eagle to win was standout wide receiver Cooper Kupp in 2015, preceded by quarterbacks Bo Levi Mitchell (2011) and Erik Meyer (2005). Barriere was also named the FCS Offensive Player of the Year by the FCS Athletic Directors Association in 2021 and 2020-21. He was named as a first team All-American by eight different organizations – including first team FCS Athletic Director’s Association, Stats Perform, Hero Sports, Athlon Sports and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. He claimed second team honors from the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press and Phil Steele Publications. Barriere was honored as the Big Sky Conference Offensive MVP for the second season in a row, also earning first team All-Big Sky honors and winning six Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week awards.

2021 Statistics: Barriere threw for 5,070 yards and 46 touchdowns, finishing second in the FCS in both categories. He rushed the ball a total of 89 times for 222 yards and four touchdowns. Barriere set school records for passing yards per game (390.0), games with 400+ yards of total offense (seven) and games with 400+ passing yards (six). He completed 361-of-552 pass attempts (65.4%), throwing eight interceptions. His passing efficiency rating was 167.2.

2021 Top Performances: Barriere began the 2021 season by completing 29-of-39 passes (74.4%) for 374 yards and three touchdowns at UNLV (9/2/21). Eastern prevailed against their FBS opponent in double overtime by a score of 35-33. Two of his touchdown passes came in overtime periods, both from 25 yards out. He was honored with his first of six Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week awards after Eastern’s 11th all-time victory against an FBS opponent. On 9/18/21, he led Eastern to 55 points in the first half against Western Illinois, a school and an FCS record. The Eagles would go on to win by a score of 62-56, Barriere leading the way with 542 passing yards and six touchdowns, earning National Offensive Player of the Week honors from Stats Perform. He followed up that performance with 518 yards and four touchdowns through the air against Southern Utah on 9/25/21. After Eastern’s 34-28 comeback victory against No. 4 Montana (10/2/21), the Eagles traveled down to Northern Colorado where Barriere completed 32-of-41 passes (78.0%) for 347 yards and three scores, earning his fourth Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week award. Barriere’s most productive outing of his career came against Idaho on 10/16/21. In the 71-21 blowout win, he set single-game school records for passing yards (600), touchdowns responsible for (eight) and points responsible for (48), tying his own record for passing touchdowns (seven). He earned FCS National Offensive Player of the Week honors from College Sports Madness for his efforts, as Eastern started the season 7-0 (their best-ever start at the FCS level). At UC Davis (11/13/21), Barriere threw for 411 yards and three touchdowns, continuing his dominance on the road at Portland State on 11/20/21 (26-of-34 for 320 yards and five touchdowns). Eastern was 6-0 in regular season away games. The Eagles won their matchup against Northern Iowa in the first round of the FCS Playoffs (19-9) on 11/27/21. Barriere had his longest completion of the season with an 86-yard strike to receiver Freddie Roberson. In what would be his final collegiate game (second round of the FCS Playoffs at Montana on 12/3/21), Barriere went down swinging in a 41-57 loss. He completed 47 passes on 80 attempts (both school records) for 530 passing yards and five touchdowns. Barriere accounted for 86 offensive plays, the most-ever in a single game by an Eagle.

2021 Preseason Honors: Barriere enters the 2021 season on the Walter Payton Award Watch List, and as a first team preseason All-American as selected by Stats Perform, Hero Sports and Phil Steel Publications He was also picked as the Big Sky Conference preseason MVP and as an all-league selection. He was also selected to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Watch List for the FCS Performer of the Year, and earned all-league honors from Phil Steele Publications. He is a team co-captain for the third-straight season.

2020-21 Honors: Barriere finished second behind Cole Kelley from Southeastern Louisiana in the voting for the Walter Payton Award -- the most prestigious award in FCS. Kelley had 137 votes to Barriere’s 131 as the award was presented for the 34th time. Despite not winning its fourth Payton Award in school history, Eastern currently shares the lead in FCS with Villanova by winning three Payton trophies apiece all-time. Barriere was honored as a first team All-American by six different organizations -- the American Football Coaches Association, FCS Athletic Director’s Association, Associated Press, Stats Perform, Hero Sports and Phil Steele Publications. The senior from Inglewood, Calif., was also named the FCS Offensive Player of the Year by the FCS ADA. Barriere was a unanimous All-Big Sky Conference first team selection and was the league’s Offensive Player of the Year. He was also selected as the team’s offensive MVP for the second-straight season.

2020-21 Statistics: Barriere passed for at least 300 yards in five of six regular games and had at least 400 yards of total offense in three of them. In the other game, he had 284 passing/324 total offense in barely over two quarters of action in a 62-10 romp. Barriere finished ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in total offense (fifth, 369.0 per game), passing offense (fifth, 348.4), passing touchdowns (third, 19) and points responsible for (ninth, 17.4 per game). He completed 61.8 percent of his passes for 2,439 yards, 19 touchdowns and 2,583 total yards of offense. Twice he directed game-tying and game-winning scoring drives in the fourth quarter for EWU, and he went over the 10,000-yard mark in his career for offense (current total of 10,102).

2020-21 Top Performances: Barriere closed the 2020-21 regular season by rallying the ninth-ranked Eagles to a 38-31 victory over Idaho (4/10/21) at Roos Field to keep alive EWU’s postseason playoff hopes. Barriere passed for 309 yards and two touchdowns, and had another 40 on the ground to give him 349 yards of total offense in swirling, 25 mile-per-hour sustained winds. He directed Eastern to scoring drives of 63, 60, 95, 75, 87 and 78, with the latter two coming in the fourth quarter on game-tying and game-winning marches. Barriere was 5-of-10 for 50 yards and also rushed for another 33 yards on the final two drives, and finished 18-of-38 on the day with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Prior to that, three times the All-America quarterback was selected by the league office as the ROOT Sports Offensive Player of the Week in the 2020-21 season, giving him six such honors in his career. His latest award came after helping lead EWU to a 32-22 victory over 11th-ranked UC Davis (4/3/21) in Davis, Calif. Eastern out-gained the Aggies 563-397 in the game as Barriere passed for 392 yards and three touchdowns on his way to finishing with 435 yards of total offense. Barriere completed 30-of-41 passes, and also rushed six times for 43 yards. Barriere directed EWU to scoring drives of 68 and 84 yards on EWU's first two possessions, then another of 94 yards in the second quarter as EWU took a 16-0 lead. In the second half, he had a 77-yard TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones -- one of his two TD receptions of the game -- and then led EWU on a 91-yard drive in fourth quarter that gave EWU a 29-15 lead. The last scoring drive of 11 plays and 69 yards ended with a field goal late in the game as EWU took 5:37 off the clock. It’s not often that a player wins a national player of the week honor, then comes off the bench in his next game, but that’s what happened earlier in the 2020-21 season. A week after earning Stats Perform National Offensive Player of the Week honors, Barriere came off the bench versus Cal Poly (3/27/21), which in turn gave backup Gunner Talkington the starting nod and some meaningful – and productive -- snaps. After Talkington led EWU on a game-opening touchdown drive, Barriere took over after that and had 246 yards and three touchdowns in the first half alone. Eastern scored a school-record 45 points (as a member of FCS) in the first half of the 62-10 victory, and for the game Barriere was 23-of-33 for 284 yards and three touchdowns. A week earlier, Barriere helped rally the Eagles to a 46-42 Big Sky Conference victory over Idaho State (3/13/21) in Pocatello, Idaho. He had previously received national recognition as an All-American and received weekly honorable mention accolades, but it was his first national player of the week award from Stats Perform. Barriere also earned the ROOT SPORTS Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week Award on March 14. Barriere passed for 455 yards and five touchdowns versus ISU, rallying Eastern from a 42-31 deficit with 8:41 left. He completed 34-of-50 passes and had 19 yards rushing, giving him 474 yards of total offense. His passing yardage total was the second-best of his career and his total offense tally was third. Besides accounting for 30 points with his five TD passes, he had a key two-point conversion pass to bring Eastern to within a field goal of the Bengals. He passed for TDs on three of EWU’s first four scoring drives of 80, 75, 70 and 62 yards. He then led EWU on a 10-play, 86-yard TD drive with 5:49 left to pull Eastern to within three after he passed for the two-point conversion. After an ISU punt, he directed EWU on a game-winning, nine-play, 60-yard drive that included a game-winning 6-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Boston with 25 seconds to play. Barriere was honored by the Big Sky after he passed for 413 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-13 victory over Northern Arizona (3/6/21) at Roos Field. Eastern piled up 622 yards of total offense in the 32-point victory. Barriere opened his senior season at Idaho on Feb. 27 by completing 32-of-57 passes for 330 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Barriere extended his streak of passes without an interception to 250 when his pass went through an EWU receiver’s hands and was picked off by the Vandals. His last interception came on his 14th attempt at Sacramento State on Oct. 5, 2019.

2020-21 Preseason: Before the season began, he was selected as a senior team co-captain for the second-straight year as voted upon by his teammates, joining safety Calin Criner, running back Tamarick Pierce, linebacker Jack Sendelbach, offensive tackle Tristen Taylor and linebacker Ty Graham. Entering the 2020-21 winter/spring season, Barriere was one of 29 players selected to the Hero Sports FCS All-America squad as the only quarterback. In the fall, the Big Sky Conference selected him as its preseason offensive MVP and as the quarterback on the league’s preseason all-conference team. Earned second team recognition by Hero Sports on its NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-America Team released May 28. In the summer, Phil Steele Publications selected him to its preseason All-America squad and as the first team All-Big Sky quarterback. Barriere was one of three quarterbacks selected to the College Sports Journal 60-player preseason All-America squad. The Big Sky Conference selected him as its preseason offensive MVP and as the quarterback on the league’s preseason all-conference team. In addition, he was chosen by Hero Sports as the top player in FCS to wear No. 3 in the 2020-21 season.

2019 Honors & Statistics: Finished fifth in the Voting for the prestigious Walter Payton Award presented by STATS and earned third team FCS All-America honors from Hero Sports. Was a third team All-Big Sky selection as chosen by the league’s head coaches and was also EWU’s offensive player of the year. He finished second in FCS in total offense with an average of 355.8 yards per game (E.J. Perry of Brown is at 367.8). Barriere was third in passing (309.3, with Northern Arizona’s Case Cookus leading the Big Sky and the nation at 342.8) and was ninth with 31 touchdown passes and fourth in points responsible for (20.2 per game with 31 TDs passing, eight rushing and a two-point conversion). He closed his junior season with 239 passes without an interception, setting the school’s single season record for interceptions-to-attempts ratio. He had only four picks in 438 attempts, a miniscule average of .009 per attempt compared to the previous record of .010 set by Erik Meyer in 2005 (five interceptions in 410 attempts). His last interception came on his 14th attempt at Sacramento State (10/5/19). Barriere finished with the seventh-most passing yards in school history with 3,712, and his 31 touchdown passes is eighth. Including 558 rushing yards, his 4,270 yards of total offense was third-most all-time at EWU. He ended the season with 260 yards and three touchdowns passing, and other 23 yards and a score on the ground in EWU’s 53-46 win over Portland State (11/23/19). He had pass completions of 46 and 50 yards, giving him 28 plays in his career of at least 40 yards. One game earlier, he had a career-best 164-yard rushing performance at Cal Poly, finishing with one TD rushing and one passing. He also had 176 yards through the air to give him 340 yards of total offense.

2019 Top Performances: In Eastern’s first two games in November, Barriere had a total of 935 yards of total offense to earn him two-straight ROOT Sports Offensive Player of the Week honors as announced by the Big Sky Conference office. His latest honor came after his 467-yard performance in a 48-5 win at Idaho State (11/9/19), and he also received honorable mention as the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Offensive Player of the Week (STATS). Barriere passed for 406 – his eighth of his career of at least 300 and third with 400 -- and rushed for 61 versus the Bengals. With a total of 467 yards of total offense, he had three passes of at least 58 yards versus Idaho State (58, 59, 80), and the 80-yarder to Johnny Edwards IV against ISU was the longest of his career. Besides his national and league honors, he was team offensive player of the week for his performance versus the Bengals. One week before the ISU game, he was rewarded for totaling 488 yards in EWU’s 66-38 win over Northern Arizona (11/2/19) by earning player of the week honors from the Big Sky and also receiving honorable mention as the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Offensive Player of the Week (STATS) and Performer of the Week (College Football Performance Awards). He finished with 367 through the air and 101 on the ground for 468 yards of total offense. He had a trio of touchdown passes, and finished 30-of-46 with no interceptions for an impressive 183.5 passing efficiency rating. He had a 75-yard touchdown pass to Talolo Limu-Jones on EWU’s first offensive play of the game, and also caught a 20-yard pass from wide receiver Johnny Edwards IV. In his previous home game, he completed 28-of-43 passes for 445 yards and five touchdown passes for EWU in a 54-21 victory over Northern Colorado (10/12/19) in which EWU led 40-0 at halftime. Coupled with his 41 yards rushing, his 486 yards were the second-most of his career. Barriere had 309 yards passing with two touchdowns and 103 rushing and a TD versus Sacramento State (10/5/19). He accounted for 412 of EWU’s 497 yards of total offense, including a 92-yard touchdown run after he was flushed out of the pocket by Sacramento State. That equaled the fourth-longest run in school history, ranking only behind runs of 96 by Taiwan Jones (2009 versus Idaho State), 95 by John Ditz (1954 versus Lewis & Clark) and 94 by Sam McPherson (2018 versus Northern Arizona). It was the longest run by a quarterback, with the previous long set by Barriere versus Southern Utah in 2018 when he had an 85-yard TD run (he also had a 66-yard scoring run at Portland State in 2018). He accounted for all four of EWU’s touchdowns with two rushing and two passing against Idaho (9/21/19). He had just 74 passing yards at halftime, but finished 28-of-46 for 365 yards, with another 20 on the ground. He had perhaps his fastest start as an Eagle at Jacksonville State (9/14/19), completing 11-of-12 passes for 156 yards in the opening quarter to help EWU to a 28-7 lead. However, EWU failed to score in the fourth quarter and JSU won 49-45, as Barriere finished 24-of-43 for 294 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions. One game earlier versus Lindenwood (9/7/19) when EWU had a school-record 769 yards of offense, Barriere accounted for 556  by himself to rank as the 14th-most in Big Sky Conference history and just four away from the school record. That helped him earn Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors from College Sports Madness, as well as honorable mention from STATS for the National FCS Offensive Player of the Week award that wide receiver Dre’ Sonte Dorton won. Barriere completed 32-of-46 passes for 522 yards, five touchdowns and an impressive 200.76 passing efficiency rating. He recorded the second-most passing yards in school history and just missed the top 14 in the 56-year history of the league (528 yards is No. 14 on the list). He rushed for 34 more yards, giving him 556 to come four yards from the EWU total offense record of 560 set by Gage Gubrud in 2017 versus Montana in which he also set the passing yards record of 549.

2019 Preseason: Besides being selected to the Walter Payton Award Watch List by STATS in the preseason, Barriere was selected as the nation’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year by FCS Fan Nation. He was a first team preseason FCS All-America selection by Hero Sports, and three other media outlets listed as a FCS Player of the Year candidate. He was a third team preseason all-conference selection as chosen by Phil Steele Publications. Was also chosen as one of five EWU team co-captains for the 2019 season.

2018: Barriere took over as EWU’s starter in Eastern’s sixth game of the season, and led EWU on a seven-game winning streak with a trio of playoff wins. Barriere finished 8-2 as a starter in 2018 and was selected as an honorable mention Sophomore All-America selection by Hero Sports. He steadily climbed the national rankings despite playing in three of EWU’s first five games of the season as a backup. He finished 13th in FCS in passing efficiency (146.9), 29th for passing yards overall (2,450) and 13th in touchdown passes with 24 after setting school and FCS Playoff records with seven versus Maine (12/15/18). He was ninth with 198 total points responsible for and was 26th in average per game (14.14). He finished 45th in total offense per game (218.8). During the seven-game winning streak he directed from Oct. 27 to Dec. 15, the Eagles out-scored opponents 345-139 for an average score of 49-20 and a winning margin of 29.4 points. In 14 games played in 2018, Barriere completed 190-of-311 passes (61.1 percent) for 2,450 yards and 24 touchdowns, with 99 rushes for 613 yards (6.2 per carry) and eight scores. He broke the single season record for rushing yards by a quarterback of 606 in 2016 by Gage Gubrud. His 32 total touchdowns responsible for ranked eighth in school history. Gubrud, EWU’s returning All-America quarterback, started for the Eagles in the first five games before suffering a season-ending foot injury against Montana State (9/2918). Barriere took the reins in the 10 games after that, and they produced nearly identical total offense averages as starters. Gubrud averaged 283.2 passing and 33.8 rushing for a total of 317.0 per game; Barriere averaged 243.7 passing and 56.9 rushing for a 300.6 average. Gubrud accounted for 17 touchdowns (13 passing, 2 rushing), and Barriere had 32 (24 passing, eight rushing). In a 55-17 win over Southern Utah (10/6/18) in his first start of the 2018 season, Barriere passed for 233 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another 98 and two more TDs in just three quarters of action. He completed 13-of-21 passes and had his rushing yardage on five carries with no sacks. Making just his second career start, he completed a 48-yard pass on the first offensive play of the day for the Eagles, then later had an 85-yard rush for a touchdown – a school record for a quarterback and ninth-longest overall all-time -- to give the Eagles a 31-10 lead in the second quarter. He accounted for three of EWU’s seven touchdowns, rushing for two scores and passing for another. However, in a 14-6 loss at Weber State (10/13/18), Eastern was held without a touchdown for the first time in 10 years. Barriere completed 19-of-42 passes for 185 yards and was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter to squelch Eagle drives. He had a net rushing gain of 18 yards despite getting sacked four times. Barriere guided a 59-20 victory over fourth-ranked UC Davis (11/10/18), in which EWU scored 21-straight points to take the lead for good in the first half. In the sixth start of his career, Barriere completed 16-of-30 passes for 285 yards and a score against UCD, and finished with 60 yards rushing to give him 345 yards of total offense. He also engineered a 48-13 win at Northern Colorado (11/3/18) in a game the Eagles took a 20-0 halftime lead. Versus UNC, Barriere accounted for 309 yards of total offense for EWU – 245 passing and 64 rushing. He completed 24-of-36 passes and TD passes of 4 and 19 yards, plus he scored runs of on 9 and 15 yards. One game earlier, he led the Eagles to a 31-0 halftime lead and 38-14 victory over Idaho on (10/27/18). Against the Vandals, he completed 29-of-42 passes for 326 yards and three touchdowns in his first 300-yard passing performance of his career. He also rushed for 70 yards and a TD, giving him what was then a career-high 396 yards of total offense. His previous high was 331 versus Southern Utah (10/6/18) in a 55-17 Eagle win. Barriere and the Eagles had a near-perfect first half versus UI, scoring 31 points and having a 364-129 advantage in total offense. Barriere certainly had the Midas touch to end the regular season versus Portland State (11/16/18) in Hillsboro, Ore., and as a result earned a pair of player of the week honors. He was not only the Big Sky Conference co-Offensive Player of the week, but College Football Performance Awards named Barriere as its FCS National Player of the Week. He accounted for 40 points and 315 yards of offense in EWU’s 74-23 victory at Portland State in directing EWU to its 10th Big Sky Conference football title in school history. Barriere scored on a 66-yard touchdown on the game’s third offensive play, setting the stage for what was to come for the Eagles. Including his six rushes for 99 yards and 15 pass completions for 216, he averaged 15.0 yards on those plays, with a touchdown every 3.5 times he rushed or completed a pass. He completed 15-of-27 passes for a career-high five touchdowns and an efficiency rating of 176.5.  Including his rushing touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversion passes, he accounted for 40 points for the Eagles. In his first postseason start against Nicholls (12/1/18), Barriere accounted for 216 yards of offense. He was 17-of-29 passing for 162 yards and a touchdown, and added 54 yards on the ground. He followed that with a 21-of-25 (84.0 percent) passing performance against UC Davis (12/8/18) and 278 total yards (235 passing, 43 rushing). His 29-yard scramble was the first play of a game-winning 75-yard driving in the final minute for the Eagles in the 34-29 quarterfinal victory. His third playoff game against Maine (12/15/18) featured a career-high 405 yards of total offense, with 352 passing and 53 rushing. He had seven touchdown passes to set new school and FCS Playoff records. He tied the EWU record of seven set by Vernon Adams Jr. versus Washington on Sept. 6, 2014, and broke the previous FCS Playoffs record of six held by five former players, including Eagles Kyle Padron and Adams in 2012. His seven touchdowns and 42 points accounted for were also both school records. He completed 27-of-49 passes (55 percent) for 374 yards and two touchdowns in three spring scrimmages, including a game-high 170 yards on 14-of-22 passing in EWU’s Red-White Game.

2017: Barriere saw action in five games during his redshirt freshman season and completed 15-of-26 passes (57.7 percent) for 138 yards, one touchdown, one interception and a passing efficiency rating of 107.38. He also rushed 18 times for a net gain of 48 yards with a long run of 20. He was thrown to the fire when he made the first start of his career against North Dakota (11/11/17) and led the Eagles to a 21-14 win. He was a replacement for starter Gage Gubrud, who was serving a one-game team suspension for violation of team rules. Barriere had 185 yards of total offense against the Fighting Hawks, had a touchdown pass and scored once on the ground on a fourth down play to end the first half. He completed 13-of-23 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown, and rushed 15 times for 55 yards. He was sacked only once and had no turnovers. He rushed for a pair of first downs, and passed for another eight. Barriere helped Eastern to a turnoverless game, but had to recover his own fumble late in the game that was followed by a key 67-yard punt by Jordan Dascalo that was downed at the UND 3-yard line. Had Barriere not recovered the fumble, UND would have taken over at the EWU 31 trailing just 21-14. By contrast, Vernon Adams Jr. – a former Eagle who Barriere draws comparisons to – had 75 yards passing (7-of-12) and 62 rushing (five carries) in his starting debut in 2012 at Weber State in a 32-26 victory. Adams missed most of the second half with cramping, and rushed for five first downs and passed for four. Before the UND game, Barriere had appeared in three games in 2017 and was 1-of-2 for 13 yards and an interception, all coming against Texas Tech (9/2/17). He also played versus Fordham (9/16/17) and Sacramento State (9/30/17), and was 1-of-1 for minus-5 yards against Portland State (11/18/17). Barriere proved during the spring of 2017 that he could be a worthy backup for Gubrud. After two shaky spring scrimmages, the highly-touted redshirt freshman from La Habra, Calif., was 11-of-15 for 137 yards and a pair of touchdowns to help lead the Red to victory in the Red-White spring game. In three total spring scrimmages, Barriere completed 50 percent of his passes for 334 yards, two touchdowns and a passing efficiency rating of 131.7.

2016: Redshirted. Following the end of the season, he was selected as the EWU Scout Team Player of the year for offense. Was selected as the team’s offensive scout team player of the week twice.

HS: Graduated from La Habra HS in 2016. In three seasons at La Habra, he accounted for 9,304 yards and 130 touchdowns rushing and passing. In eight career playoff games, he accounted for 36 total TDs. He was a two-star recruit according to Rivals.com and a three-star recruit according to Scout.com. He had a 186.8 passing efficiency rating in his career (based on NCAA), completing 58 percent of his passes (430-of-738) for 7,586 yards, 104 touchdowns and just 16 interceptions. He rushed for 1,718 yards and 26 touchdowns. La Habra was 30-8 in his three seasons, including a perfect 15-0 league mark to extend La Habra’s Freeway League winning streak to 45 games (haven’t lost since October 2006). As a senior he was named by CalHiSports.com as a second-team All-State multi-purpose player (all schools, all classifications). He was the CIF Southwest Division Offensive Player of the Year. In addition, Barriere was the Whittier Daily News Football Player of the Year and was the Freeway League MVP for the second-straight season. He passed for 3,077 yards and 46 touchdowns, and rushed another 940 yards and 12 scores to account for a total of 4,017 yards and 58 scores. He had a passing efficiency rating of 198.0, completing 60 percent of his passes (174-of-289) with just six interceptions and a long pass play of 90 yards. He led the Highlanders to a 13-2 record and its seventh CIF Southern Section Southwest Division title. His 27-yard TD pass on the game’s final play beat San Clemente 39-36. He directed La Habra on the game-winning 41-yard drive in the last 14 seconds, finishing with 386 yards passing and rushing and five total touchdowns. Earlier in the season, he beat Los Alamitos with a Hail Mary throw. His career ended when he passed for 414 yards and accounted for three touchdowns in 63-49 loss to Camarillo in the semifinals of the CIF Championships Division II-AA. The Highlanders finished 13-2 and won their third-straight Freeway League title. In his junior season, Barriere was the Freeway League MVP and an All-Freeway League selection. He passed for 2,108 yards and 29 touchdowns, and also rushed for 583 yards and seven touchdowns. The Highlanders won the Freeway League title with a 5-0 record, was 7-4 overall and advanced to the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division Playoffs. He completed 12-of-19 passes and had a school-record seven touchdown passes to end the regular season with a 56-26 victory over Sonora. He finished the game with 223 yards passing and 119 rushing. He was named by CalHiSports.com as a first-team sophomore All-State selection in 2013 when La Habra won the Freeway League title with a perfect 5-0 record, finished 10-2 overall and advanced to the second round of the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division Playoffs. He passed for 2,401 yards and 29 touchdowns, and also rushed for 195 yards and seven more scores. La Habra is just five miles from La Mirada, which is the former home of former Eagle quarterback Erik Meyer. Meyer, the 2005 Walter Payton Award winner, was a two-time All-American and Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Eagles to Big Sky Conference titles in 2004 and 2005.

Personal: Communications studies major. Last name is pronounced “bare-ee-aa” and rhymes with Perrier.
 

Year	GP	C-A	Pct.	Int-TD	Yds	Hi	Apg	Eff.
2017	5	15-26	57.7	1-1	138	130	27.6	107.3
2018	14	190-311	61.1	9-24	2450	352	175.0	146.95
2019	12	258-438	58.9	4-31	3712	522	309.3	151.62
2020-21	7	183-296	61.8	7-19	2439	455	348.4	147.5
2021	13	361-552	65.4	8-46	5070	600	390.0	167.15
Totals	51	61007-1623	65.4	29-121	13809	600	270.8	154.54

 

Year	GP	Car	Yds	Hi	Apc	Apg	TD	Lg
2017	5	18	48	55	2.7	9.6	1	20
2018	14	99	613	99	6.2	43.8	8	85t
2019	12	119	558	164	4.7	46.5	8	92t
2020-21	7	51	144	43	2.8	20.6	1	18
2021	13	89	222	85	2.5	17.1	4	24
Totals	51	376	1585	164	4.2	4.2	22	92t

 

Year	GP	Rush	Pass	Total	Apg	Plays	App
2017	5	48	138	186	37.2	44	4.2
2018	14	613	2450	3063	218.8	410	7.5
2019	12	558	3712	4270	355.8	557	7.7
2020-21	7	144	2439	2583	369.0	347	7.4
2021	13	222	5070	5292	407.1	641	8.3
Totals	51	1585	13809	15,394	301.8	1999	7.7

ERIC BARRIERE Top Passing Performances (22 with 300+, 11 with 400+)
600 yards, 26-of-35, 7 TD, 0 Int., -23 rushing – Idaho – 10/16/21
                     -- No. 8 in FCS history & broke EWU record of 549 by Gage Gubrud vs. UM in 2016
542 yards, 31-of-45, 6 TD, 0 Int., 20 rushing – Western Illinois – 9/18/21
530 yards, 47-of-80, 5 TD, 1 Int., -20 rushing – Montana – 12/3/21
522 yards, 32-of-46, 5 TD, 0 Int., 34 rushing – Lindenwood – 9/7/19
518 yards, 30-of-43, 4 TD, 0 Int., 28 rushing – Southern Utah – 9/25/21
455 yards, 34-of-50, 5 TD, 0 Int., 19 rushing – Idaho State – 3/13/21
445 yards, 28-of-43, 5 TD, 0 Int., 41 rushing – Northern Colo. – 10/12/19
422 yards, 26-of-46, 2 TD, 2 Int., -17 rushing – Montana – 10/2/21
413 yards, 29-of-49, 3 TD, 1 Int., 9 rushing – Northern Arizona – 3/6/21
411 yards, 34-of-54, 3 TD, 0 Int., 42 rushing – UC Davis – 11/13/21
406 yards, 23-of-38, 3 TD, 0 Int., 61 rushing – Idaho State – 11/9/19
393 yards, 30-of-41, 3 TD, 0 Int, 43 rushing – UC Davis – 4/3/21
374 yards, 29-of-39, 3 TD, 2 Int., 32 rushing – UNLV – 9/2/21
367 yards, 29-of-38, 3 TD, 0 Int., 101 rushing – Northern Ariz. – 11/2/19
365 yards, 28-of-46, 2 TD, 1 Int., 59 rushing – Idaho – 9/21/19
352 yards, 21-of-30, 7 TD, 1 Int., 53 rushing – Maine – 12/15/18
347 yards, 32-of-41, 3 TD, 1 Int., -2 rushing – Northern Colorado – 10/9/21
339 yards, 32-of-57, 2 TD, 1 Int., -16 rushing – Idaho – 2/27/21
326 yards, 29-of-42, 3 TD, 0 Int., 70 rushing – Idaho – 10/27/18
320 yards, 26-of-34, 5 TD, 0 Int., 21 rushing – Portland State – 11/20/21
309 yards, 18-of-38, 2 TD, 0 Int., 40 rushing – Idaho – 4/10/21
309 yards, 22-of-42, 2 TD, 1 Int., 103 rushing – Sacramento St. – 10/5/19
294 yards, 24-of-43, 5 TD, 1 Int., -23 rushing – Jacksonville St. – 9/14/19
285 yards, 16-of-30, 1 TD, 0 Int., 60 rushing – UC Davis – 11/10/18
284 yards, 23-of-33, 3 TD, 1 Int., 40 rushing – Cal Poly – 3/27/21
264 yards, 22-of-41, 1 TD, 0 Int., -17 rushing – Montana – 10/26/19
260 yards, 12-of-29, 3 TD, 0 Int., 23 rushing – Portland State – 11/23/19
ERIC BARRIERE Top Rushing Performances (3 with 100+, 5 with 98+)
164, 17 carries, 1 TD - Cal Poly – 11/16/19
103, 12 carries, 1 TD - Sacramento St. – 10/5/19
101, 10 carries, 1 TD – Northern Ariz. – 11/2/19
99 6 carries, 1 TD– Portland State – 11/16/18
98, 5 carries, 2 TD – So. Utah – 10/6/18
ERIC BARRIERE Top Total Offense Performances (31 with 300+, 17 with 400+)
577 yards (600 passing/-23 rushing) – Idaho – 10/16/21
                     -- Broke own school record set earlier in the season
562 yards (542 passing/20 rushing) – Western Illinois – 9/18/21
                     -- Breaks school record of 560 by Gage Gubrud vs. Montana in 2016
556 (522 passing/34 rushing) Lindenwood – 9/7/19
546 (518p/28r) – Southern Utah – 9/25/21
510 (530p/-20r) – Montana – 12/3/21
486 (445p/41r) – Northern Colorado – 10/12/19
468 (367 p/101r) – Northern Ariz. 11/2/19
474 (455p/19r) – Idaho State – 3/13/21
467 (406 p/61 r) – Idaho State – 11/9/19
453 (411p/42r) – UC Davis – 11/13/21
436 (393p/43r) – UC Davis – 4/3/21
424 (424p/59r) – Idaho – 9/21/19
422 (413p/9r) – Northern Arizona – 3/6/21
412 (309p/103r) – Sacramento St. – 10/5/19
406 (374p/32r) – UNLV – 9/2/21
405 (422p/-17r) – Montana – 10/2/21
405 (352p/53r) – Maine – 12/15/18
396 (326p/70r) – Idaho – 10/27/18
385 (365p/20r) – Idaho – 9/21/19
349 (309p/40r) – Idaho – 4/10/21
345 (347p/-2r) – Northern Colorado – 10/9/21
345 (285p/60r) – UC Davis – 11/10/18
341 (320p/21) – Portland State – 11/20/21
340 (176p/164r) - Cal Poly – 11/16/19
331 (233p/98r) – Southern Utah – 10/6/18
330 (245p/85r) – Weber State – 10/23/21
324 (284p/40r) – Cal Poly – 3/27/21
323 (339p/-16r) – Idaho – 2/27/21
315 (216p/99r) – Portland State – 11/16/18
309 (245p/64r) – Northern Colorado – 11/3/18
301 (283p/18r) – Northern Iowa – 11/27/21
Eric Barriere Career Long Plays of 40+ Yards (49)
92 yards (TD rush) – Sacramento State – 10/5/19...equals #4 longest in EWU history and is a school record for a quarterback
86 yards (pass to Freddie Roberson) – Northern Iowa – 11/27/21
85 yards (TD rush) – Southern Utah – 10/6/18...equals #10 longest in EWU history
80 yards (pass to Johnny Edwards IV) – Idaho State – 11/9/19
78 yards (TD pass to Dre’ Sonte Dorton) – Lindenwood – 9/7/19
78 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – UC Davis – 4/3/21
76 yards (TD pass to Johnny Edwards) – Western Illinois – 9/18/21
75 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Northern Arizona – 11/2/19
73 yards (pass to Andrew Boston) – Idaho – 10/16/21
68 yards (TD pass to Nsimba Webster) – Portland State – 11/16/18
66 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Idaho – 4/10/21
66 yard rush (TD) – Portland State – 11/16/18
64 yards (pass to Freddie Roberson) – Idaho – 10/16/21
64 yards (pass to Freddie Roberson) – Southern Utah – 9/25/21
64 yards (TD pass to Andrew Boston) – Washington – 8/31/19
64 yards (TD pass to Terence Grady) – Idaho – 10/27/18
62 yards (pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Montana – 10/26/19
59 yards (TD pass to Andrew Boston) – Idaho State – 11/9/19
59 yards (TD pass to Dre’ Sonte Dorton) – Lindenwood – 9/7/19
58 yards (pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Montana – 12/3/21
58 yards (pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Montana – 10/2/21
58 yards (pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Idaho State – 11/9/19
58 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Northern Colorado – 10/12/19
58 yards (TD pass to Nsimba Webster) – Maine – 12/15/18
55 yards (pass to Andrew Boston) – UC Davis – 12/8/18
55 yards (pass to Henderson Belk) – UC Davis – 11/10/18
55 yards (pass to Henderson Belk) – Idaho – 10/27/18
54 yards (TD pass to Jakobie James) – Montana – 12/3/21
54 yards (TD pass to Anthony Stell Jr.) – Northern Arizona – 3/6/21
53 yards (TD pass to Dennis Merritt) – Idaho – 10/16/21
51 yards (pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Montana – 10/2/21
51 yards (TD pass to Johnny Edwards) – Western Illinois – 9/18/21
51 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Western Illinois – 9/18/21
51 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Jacksonville State – 9/14/19
50 yard (pass to Freddie Roberson) – Portland State – 11/23/19
50 yard (TD pass to Johnny Edwards IV) – Portland State – 11/23/19
50 yard (pass to Dre’ Sonte Dorton) – Idaho – 9/21/19
48 yards (pass to Andrew Boston) – North Dakota State – 4/24/21
48 yards (pass to Andrew Boston) – Southern Utah – 10/6/18
48 yards (TD rush) – Idaho – 10/27/18
48 yards (pass to Freddie Roberson) – Cal Poly – 3/27/21
47 yards (rush) – Cal Poly – 11/16/19
46 yards (pass to Andrew Boston) – UNLV – 9/2/21
45 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu Jones) – Southern Utah – 9/25/21
45 yards (TD pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Cal Poly – 11/16/19
44 yards (pass to Talolo Limu Jones) – Southern Utah – 9/25/21
44 yards (pass to Jayson Williams) – Northern Colorado – 10/12/19
40 yards (pass to Talolo Limu-Jones) – Montana – 10/2/21
40 yards (pass to Andrew Boston) – Cal Poly – 11/16/19
Recipients of ERIC BARRIERE TD Passes (total of 121 to 23 players)
18 - Andrew Boston (7 in ’21, 3 in ‘20-21; 6 in ‘19; 2 in ‘18)
17 - Talolo Limu-Jones (6 in ’21, 4 in ‘20-21; 7 in ‘19)
10 - Efton Chism III (9 in ’21, 1 in 2020-21)
9 - Freddie Roberson (6 in ’21, 2 in ‘20-21; 1 in ‘19)
8 - Johnny Edwards IV (2 in ’21, 3 in ‘19; 3 in ‘18)
7 - Jayce Gilder (3 in ‘19; 7 in ‘18)
7 - Nsimba Webster (7 in ‘18)
6 - Dylan Ingram (4 in ’21, 1 in ‘20-21; 1 in ‘18)
6 - Dennis Merritt (3 in ’21, 3 in ‘20-21)
6 - Blake Gobel (4 in ’21, 2 in ‘20-21)
5 - Jayson Williams (5 in ‘19)
5 - Dre’ Sonte Dorton (4 in ‘19; 1 in ‘18)
3 - Jakobie James (3 in ‘21)
3 - Anthony Stell Jr. (3 in ‘20-21)
2 - Terence Grady (2 in ‘18)
2 - Henderson Belk (2 in ‘18)
2 - Sam McPherson (1 in ‘18; 1 in ‘17)
1 - Nolan Ulm (1 in ’21)
1 - Robert Mason III (1 in ‘21)
1 - Conner Crist (1 in ‘21)
1 - Tamarick Pierce (1 in ‘19)
1 - Silas Perreiah (1 in ‘19)
1 - Trenton Harris (1 in ‘18)

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER STATISTICS
3 Seasons – 430-of-738 (58%) – 7,586 yards – 104 TD – 16 Int. – 1,718 rushing yards – 26 TD – 130 TD Total – 30-8 record
Senior (2015) – 174-of-289 (60%) – 3,077 yards – 46 TD – 6 Int. – 940 rushing yards – 12 TD – 58 TD Total – 13-2 record
Junior (2014) – 123-of-224 (55%) – 2,108 yards – 29 TD – 4 Int. – 583 rushing yards – 7 TD – 36 TD Total – 7-4 record
Sophomore (2013) – 133-of-225 (59%) – 2,401 yards – 29 TD – 6 Int. – 195 rushing yards – 7 TD – 36 TD Total – 10-2 record
Total rushing and passing of 9,304 yards. He had a passing efficiency rating (based on NCAA) of 186.8 in his career and 198.0 as a senior.