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Barton Lester Season 2022

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Barton Lester Season 2022

PositionLB
Weight216 lbs
Height6-3
ClassSenior
HometownMontgomery, Ala.

2022: Reserve linebacker and key special teams performer ... 2 solo tackles at Ole Miss ... 2 tackles, TFL at Mississippi State ... SEC academic honor roll

2021: Reserve linebacker … blocked an Alabama State punt … recovered a blocked Georgia State punt for a touchdown … special teams player of week (Alabama State) … Burlsworth Trophy nominee ... SEC academic honor roll

2020: Reserve linebacker … scored a touchdown recovering a blocked Arkansas punt in his first Auburn action 

2019: Walk-on linebacker who did not see game action ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Before Auburn: Played at the Air Force Academy during 2018 season; redshirted in 2017 ... played safety and quarterback at Montgomery Academy … two-year first team all-metro for Coach Anthony McCall … posted more than 2,500 total offense yards as a senior with 28 TD … WSFA and Quarterback Club player of the week … also an all-state baseball player and an all-metro honoree in basketball

Personal: Birthday is January 9 … son of Bart Sr. and Allison Lester … has four siblings: Caroline, Oliver, Thomas and John Bennett … uncle David Bowman played football at Georgia Tech … May, 2021, graduate of the College of Business ... earned his master's in business administration with a cyber-security focus in December, 2022