Murray State University Athletics
Owensboro Star Zach Barnard Joins MSU Football
5/26/2006 5:00:00 AM | Football
Murray State Head Football Coach Matt Griffin announced the signing of quarterback Zach Barnard, a transfer from
Barnard (6-4, 200) comes to MSU as one of the most successful high school quarterbacks in
He finished his career at Owensboro Catholic being named the
“No doubt he's a talented athlete; but we have to remain consciously optimistic,”
“He has all the physical tools to be successful at this level; however as a staff, we need to be patient and bring him along with our offense.”
In his four-year career at OCHS, Barnard threw for 8,124 yards and 87 touchdowns, the 11th and 16th best all time in the state. His .648 career completion percentage at OCHS is the third best in
Barnard was also a two-time Academic All-State selection at OCHS.
His father, Ron Barnard played at Murray State in the early 90's and is a former coach at Graves County and now coaches at Paducah Tilghman.
His coach at Owensboro Catholic, John Edge is also a former Racer from the 90's.
“He's a very smart kid, of course a lot of that has do with his dad being a coach,” Edge said. “He is a natural quarterback; his knowledge of the game is miles ahead of some kids who play the sport.”
“The biggest attribute he has is touch, you can't coach that,” Edge added. “He has a way of getting the ball in there, he has great field vision.”
“One thing that will help our quarterback is our running game,”
The Racers open the 2006 season Sep. 2 at
