NFL CAREER – The New Orleans Saints signed Don Barclay prior to their Week One preseason contest to givethe club another versatile lineman with experience. Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers out of West Virginia in 2012, Barclay has appeared in 65 regular season games with 25 starts at both guard and tackle for Green Bay (2012-17) and Detroit (2017). The Seneca Valley, Pa. native will hope to impress with his versatility and reliability as he competes for a swing position along the Saints offensive line.
TRANSACTIONS – Signed by the New Orleans Saints, 8/1/18; Placed on Injured Reserve by the Lions, 12/26/17; Signed by the Detroit Lions, 10/31/17; Released from Injured Reserve by the Green Bay Packers, 10/24/17; Placed by the Packers on Injured Reserve, 9/3/17; Re-signed by the Packers to one-yard contract, 3/29/17; Re-signed by the Packers to one-year contract, 4/18/16; Re-signed by the Packers to one-year contract (RFA), 4/9/15; Placed by the Packers on Injured Reserve, 8/26/14;Signed by the Packers to a three-year contract as an undrafted free agent, 5/11/12.
2017 – Placed on Injured Reserve in Week 17 for the Detroit Lions after playing in three games with one start.2016 – Played in all 16 games with one start for Green Bay, seeing time on offense and special teams (extra points and field goals)…Also appeared in all three postseason games…Vs. Chicago (Oct. 20): Played 16 snaps on offense, taking over at RG for the first two series of the second half when Lang was sidelined with a hip injury…At Tennessee (Nov. 13): Played 74 of 78 snaps at RG, taking over for an injured Lang on the second play of the second series. Helped the offense register 402 total yards…At Washington (Nov. 20): Started at RG for the first time in his career, opening in place of an injured Lang. Played 39 snaps, but did not see any time in the second half due to a shoulder injury sustained during pregame warmups…At Chicago (Dec. 18): Played three snaps on offense and six on special teams, taking one snap at center in the first half for Corey Linsley (equipment issue) and the final two offensive snaps at LG in place of an injured Lane Taylor…Vs. Minnesota (Dec. 24): Played the final three snaps at RT in place of an injured Bryan Bulagawith Jason Spriggs moving to LT…At Detroit (Jan. 1): Played the final three snaps at RT with Bulaga and Spriggs both sidelined…At Atlanta (NFC Championship, Jan. 22): Took over at LG for an injured Taylor (knee) in the second quarter, playing the final 50 snaps of the game. Helped to protect QB Aaron Rodgers as he threw for 287 yards and three TDs with one INT on 27-of-45 passing.2015 – Played in all 16 games with five starts, opening four games at RT (Weeks 2-4, 13) and one at LT (Week 16)…Appeared in both playoff contests on special teams…Vs. Seattle (Sept. 20): Started at RT in place of injured Bulaga (knee) and played all 71 snaps, his first start since 2013 finale at Chicago. Helped protect Rodgers as he connected on 25 of 33 passes for 249 yards and two TDs with no INTs for a 116.9 passer rating. With Lacy exiting the game after just eight snaps due to an ankle injury, helped clear holes for RB James Starks as he racked up 95 yards on 20 carries (4.8 avg.)…Vs. Kansas City (Sept. 28): Started at RT, helping to protect Rodgers as the line allowed just one sack to a Kansas City defense that had registered eight sacks in the first two games. Was matched up with three-time Pro Bowl LB Justin Houston for much of the evening and did not allow him to record a sack. Helped give Rodgers time to complete 24 of 35 passes for 333 yards and five TDs with no INTs, the fourth game of his career with five-plus TD passes, a franchise record…At San Francisco (Oct. 4): Started at RT for the third straight game and helped the Packers rush for 162 yards and a TD on 33 attempts (4.9 avg.). It marked the fourth straight 120-yard rushing effort by the Packers, the first time since 1971 that they had cleared that mark in each of the first four games…Vs. Detroit (Nov. 15): Played the final 30 offensive snaps at LT, the first action of his career at the position in a regular-season game during his time in Green Bay. Entered the game early in the fourth quarter after T David Bakhtiari departed due to a knee injury…At Detroit (Dec. 3): Started at RT in place of an injured Bulaga (ankle), helping to block for Rodgers as he threw for 273 yards and two TDs with one INT on 24-of-36 passing…At Arizona (Dec. 27): Started in place of an injured Bakhtiari (ankle), the first start of his career at LT. Was the lone offensive player to appear on all 72 plays. 2014 – Suffered a season-ending knee injury during a drill in an Aug. 5 practice…Placed on injured reserve on Aug. 26. 2013 – : Started a career-high 14 games, opening at RT in every game he appeared…Also started vs. San Francisco in an NFC Wild Card contest…Sidelined in Weeks 11-12 due to a knee injury sustained vs. Philadelphia in Week 10…Part of an offense that ranked No. 3 in the NFL with 6,404 yards of offense, the second most in franchise history, despite having four different starting QBs on the season with Rodgers sidelined for seven games due to a collarbone injury…Helped Green Bay finish in the top 10 in both rushing (No. 7) and passing (No. 6) for the first time since 2004…Blocked for Lacy as he rushed for 1,178 yards, the most by a rookie in team history, on his way to being selected to the Pro Bowl and being named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by The AP…Vs. Washington (Sept. 15): Helped the offense amass 580 total yards, the second-highest single-game total in team history. Protected Rodgers as he tied a franchise record with 480 passing yards, along with four TDs, on 34-of-42 passing. Also helped clear lanes for Starks to rush for 132 yards on 20 carries (6.6 avg.), making Starks and Rodgers the first pair of teammates in NFL history to surpass the 450-yard passing and 125-yard rushing plateaus in the same game…At Minnesota (Oct. 27): Part of a dominant offensive outing that saw the Packers rack up 464 total yards with no punts and no turnovers. Helped create holes for a running game that produced 182 yards and two TDs on 42 attempts (4.3 avg.)…Vs. Chicago (Nov. 4): Started at RT, but moved inside to RG in the second half after Lang left the game with a concussion. Relieved Lang at guard with Marshall Newhouse taking his spot at RT…Vs. Philadelphia (Nov. 10): Started at RT, but shifted inside to RG for the second straight week after C Evan Dietrich-Smith departed before halftime with a knee injury that forced Lang to move from RG to C. Played at RG until early in the fourth quarter when he suffered a knee injury of his own while blocking on a successful 35-yard FG attempt by K Mason Crosby. Would be sidelined by the injury for the next two games…At Detroit (Nov. 28): Returned to action, starting at RT…At Dallas (Dec. 15): Part of a blocking unit that cleared the way for a second-half comeback highlighted by five straight TD drives that helped erase a 26-3 deficit in 37-36 win, matching the biggest comeback in team history. Protected QB Matt Flynn as he completed 26 of 39 attempts for 299 yards and four TDs, with all four of the TD passes coming in the second half, a team record…At Chicago (Dec. 29): Helped the offense rack up 473 yards in division-clinching win, highlighted by Rodgers' 318 passing yards and 160 rushing yards from the team on 34 attempts (4.7 avg.). 2012 – Played in all 16 regular-season games, the only Green Bay rookie on the offensive side of the ball to accomplish that feat…Started the final four regular-season games and both playoff contests at RT after appearing primarily on special teams the first 12 contests…Vs. San Francisco (Sept. 9): Made his National Football League regular season debut, appearing on special teams as a member of the kickoff return unit…Vs. Chicago (Sept. 13): Played on special teams, appearing on kickoff returns and as part of placement protection. Had a role in the game's most memorable play, a fake field goal in the second quarter. On the play, he pulled from the left side of the line of scrimmage to serve as a lead blocker for TE Tom Crabtree, who was on the receiving end of a shovel pass from P Tim Masthay. Led Crabtree through the hole before helping Dietrich-Smith drive Bears S Chris Conte well away from the play and allowing Crabtree a clear path to the end zone for a 27-yard TD…Vs. Minnesota (Dec. 2): Saw the first action of his career from scrimmage when he came on in the second quarter at RT in relief of an injured Lang. Played in the remainder of the game, seeing action on 50 snaps and helping the offense produce points on three of five second-half possessions (two FGs, one TD)…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 9): Made the first start of his career, opening the game at RT in place of the injured Lang, who dressed but did not play. Helped block for a rushing attack that generated 140 yards and two TDs on 25 carries (5.6 avg.). The 5.6-yard average was the highest in a game on the season (min. 25 attempts)…Vs. Tennessee (Dec. 23): Started at RT for what was the offense's most productive outing of the season. Helped block for a unit that produced a season-high 460 yards and 55 points, the most points recorded by the Packers since they posted the same number in a 55-14 win vs. Tampa Bay on Oct. 2, 1983. Part of a line that allowed just one sack as Rodgers connected on 27 of 38 passes for 342 yards and three TDs. Also helped clear the way for a ground game that recorded its fifth consecutive 100-yard outing as well as a season-high four rushing TDs…Vs. Minnesota (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 5): Made his first career postseason start, opening at RT and helping to give Rodgers time to complete 23 of 33 passes for 274 yards and a TD…At San Francisco (NFC Divisional, Jan. 12): Started at RT and was matched up with second-team All-Pro LB Ahmad Brooks, limiting him to just two tackles and no sacks.
COLLEGE – Started three years at LT for the Mountaineers…Tied a school record by playing in 52 career games, including 39 consecutive contests…Earned his degree in business management…Senior season (2011): Was a fourth-team All-America selection by Phil Steele's College Football and first-team All-Big East…Started all 13 contests and was part of a West Virginia offense that averaged 469.5 yards per game (No. 15 in the country), 362.5 passing yards per game (No. 5) and 37.6 points per game (No. 13)…Participated in 947 plays, a high for the offense…Recorded 50 knockdowns, or 3.8 per game…Blocked for QB Geno Smith, who threw for 4,385 yards (No. 4 in the country) and 31 TDs with just seven interceptions…Junior season (2010): Second-team All-Big East selection and started all 13 games…Recorded 45 knockdowns…Played a critical role for a Mountaineeroffense that accumulated 400-plus yards of total offense in seven games…Sophomore season (2009): Started all 13 games and helped block for RB Noel Devine, who ranked No. 9 in nation with 1,465 rushing yards…Produced 64 knockdowns and was part of a line that helped the Mountaineers lead the Big East in rushing yards at 185.3 per game…Redshirt freshman season (2008): Played in nine games with one start.
Personal –…Last name is pronounced BAR-clay…Appeared in the movie Pitch Perfect 2 in 2015 with four of his teammates…Lettered three years as a left tackle and defensive end at Seneca Valley (Pa.) HS…Second-team All-State and was a two-time all-conference selection…Played two years of basketball…Community involvement: Participated in the Green Bay Packers Golf Invitational in Kohler, Wis…Donald Wayne Barclay IV was born on April 18, 1989 in Newport News, Va…Resides in the offseason in Fairmont, W.V.
