CAREER HONORS
- 2022 College Football News First Team Freshman All-American
- 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
- Semifinalist for 2022 Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award
- 2022 The Athletic Freshman Midseason All-American
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (10/10)
BARHAM IN THE NEWS
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Transformer? The Terminator? Cyborg? No, it’s just Maryland freshman LB Jaishawn Barham. (Baltimore Sun, November 2, 2022)Â
As a Sophomore (2023): Nabbed first career interception to end the first half, returning it 11 yards to go with seven tackles (three solo) vs. #2 Michigan (11/18) ... Totaled five tackles (four solo) and a pass breakup in win at Nebraska (11/11) ... Recorded season-high seven tackles (four solo) at Northwestern (10/28) ... Tallied four tackles (three solo) and a sack vs. Illinois (10/14) ... Missed Indiana game due to injury (9/30) ... Notched four tackles in win at Michigan State (9/23) ... Matched career-high with game-high two sacks for an eight-yard loss as part of four-tackle performance in win over Charlotte (9/9)
As a Freshman (2022): Started in all 12 games he played in, missing the Northwestern (10/22) game due to injury ... Totaled 58 tackles (35 solo) and led the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and four sacks ... Also tallied a pass breakup, forced fumble and fumble recovery
... Had most tackles of any Big Ten freshman... Totaled five tackles (three solo) in Duke's Mayo Bowl vs. NC State (12/30) ... Recorded five tackles (four solo), two tackles for loss and a sack vs. Rutgers (11/26)... Notched six tackles (two solo) against #2 Ohio State (11/19)... Missed Northwestern game (10/22) due to injury... Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after recording two sacks, a forced fumble and fumble recovery to go with five tackles vs. Purdue (10/8)... Tallied five tackles (four solo) and one tackle for loss in win vs. Michigan State (10/1)... Led the team in tackles for the second week in a row with eight (three solo) at #4 Michigan (9/24)... First true freshman with 12 tackles in a game since D'Qwell Jackson in 2002... Was all over the field in win vs. SMU (9/17), recording 12 tackles (seven solo) and first career sack... Tallied three tackles (one solo) and a pass breakup at Charlotte (9/10)... Started in first career game vs. Buffalo (9/3) and tallied one tackle
Before Maryland:Â Consensus four-star linebacker ... 65th-ranked player in the country, according to ESPN ... Second-ranked player in the state of Maryland, according to ESPN ... Eighth-ranked linebacker in the nation, according to 247Sports ... ESPN300 ... Rivals250 ... Top-rated commit in 2021 class ... Helped lead St. Frances to No. 1 ranking in state of Maryland ... Chose Maryland over South Carolina, Penn State and Oklahoma
BARSHAM'S CAREER-HIGHS
Tackles - 12 (SMU, 9/17/22)
Solo Tackles - 7 (SMU, 9/17/22)
Sacks - 2 (2x, last vs. Charlotte, 9/9/23)
Tackles for Loss - 2 (3x, last vs. Charlotte, 9/9/23)
Pass Breakups - 1 (2x, last at Nebraska, 11/11/23)
Forced Fumbles - 1 (Purdue, 10/8/22)
Fumble Recoveries -Â 1 (Purdue, 10/8/22)