Ken Barefoot

Ken Barefoot
Career information
No. 81
Date of birth	(1945-10-11) October 11, 1945
Place of birth	Portsmouth, Virginia
Position(s)	Tight end
College	Virginia Tech
NFL draft	1968 / Round: 5 / Pick: 113
Career history
As player
1968–1969	Washington Redskins
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Kenneth David Barefoot (born October 11, 1945 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Virginia Tech and played in the 1967 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN. He was selected to play for the East in the 43rd East–West Shrine Bowl in San Francisco under Coach Ara Parseghian and for the South in the 19th Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama under Coach Hank Stram. He held the record for most touchdown receptions by a tight end at VA Tech for over 35 years. Barefoot was drafted by the Washington Redskins as their 4th pick in the fifth round of the 1968 NFL Draft where he was coached by Otto Graham and Vince Lombardi. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Family

Barefoot married Kathleen Smith in 1966 and lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Both of his daughters (Jenifer Barefoot and Kati Barefoot Robins) graduated from Virginia Tech and his two sons (Jason Barefoot and Kenny Barefoot) played football at Virginia Tech under Coach Frank Beamer.

Washington Redskins 1968 NFL Draft selections

Jim Smith Tom Roussel Dennis Crane Ken Barefoot Mike Bragg Willie Banks Bob Brunet Brian Magnuson Frank Liberatore Tom Garretson Dave Weedman Mike St. Louis Dave Zivich Coger Coverson Willie Turner Frank Bosch

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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