Danny Barrett

Calling Barrett a journeyman quarterback might be a bit on the harsh side, but his career did get off to a slow start and included a temporary move to wide receiver before things got better.  And while there were no All-Star nominations or outstanding player awards, Barrett had some very solid seasons later in his career. By football standards, it was also a long career, spanning 16 seasons from 1983 to 1998.  Barrett signed with Calgary in May of 1983, but saw action in only 2 games in his rookie season.  In 1984 Barrett dressed for 10 games but completed only 43% of his pass ateempts (34 of 79) and had 8 interceptions.  That seemed to prompt Calgary to reevaluate Barrett and they decided his athletic ability might be better used at another position and converted Barrett to a wide receiver in 1985.  In 13 games for Calgary, Barrett caught a credible 32 passes for 455 yards before being traded to Toronto in September for the Argo's third round draft pick in 1986.  Barrett caught two more passes with Toronto to end up with 34 for the season and also saw action at QB, completing 18 of 30 passes.  Barrett went back south to join the USFL in 1986 and the experience there seemed to help revitalize his quarterbacking career as Barrett rejoined the Argos in 1987 and completed 53.1% of his 226 pass attempts in 13 games.  Injuries dealt Barrett another setback in 1988 as he appeared in only four games for Toronto and then he was traded back to Calgary for his second stiint with the Stamps in July of 1989.  Barrett started to establish himself as a starting quarterback in the three seasons in Calgary (1989-91), setting personal bests in 1991 with 438 attempts for 3453 yards and a 56.1% completion percentage.  Perhaps not All-Star numbers, but also a far cry from his early career numbers.  Barrett was traded to BC in 1992 for OL Rocco Romano and he rights to OL Jamie Crysdale. Barrett enjoyed two good seasons (1992-93) with the Lions, throwing for over 4000 yards in 1993 and completing a new career high of 57.1%.  Barrett was traded to Ottawa in March of 1994 along with DB Cory Dowdell for another longtime CFL QB, Kent Austin.  In one of those twists of fate, just as Austin replaced Barrett as the QB in BC, he would later replace Barrett as the head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  Barrett had a very good season in 1994, again topping 4000 yards in passing, but injuries limited him to only 4 games in 1995.  Barrett became a free agent in 1996 and was signed for his third stint with Calgary, playing as a backupfor them in 1996.  Barrett retired and became an assistant coach in Calgary in 1997 and then an assistant in BC in 1998 and 1999 before moving to BC as an assistant in 1998 and 1999.  Injuries to the BC quarterbacks forced Barrett temporarily out of retirement in 1998 and he dressed for 15 games as the Lions backup.  In 2000, Roy Shivers became the GM of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and he hired Barrett as the Rider's head coach, a position he held for 7 years from 2000 to 2006.

Wikipedia Article on Danny Barrett

Barrett had one punt for29 yards in 1993.