#11 Grayson Barber

On Jan. 20, Barber signed as a Homegrown Player with Sporting KC. You can read the full release here. Barber did not play with Clemson during the 2021 spring season.

Awards & Recognition

• First-team All-ACC (2020).
• United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week (Oct. 27, 2020)
• ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 26, 2020)
• College Soccer News Team of the Week (Nov. 17, 2020)
• College Soccer News Team of the Week (Oct. 27, 2020)
• TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Nov. 17, 2020)
• TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Oct. 27, 2020)
• TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Oct. 6, 2020)
• Second-team All-ACC (2019)

2020 Season (Junior)

• Leads the country with seven (7) assists during the campaign.
• Was second on the team in points during the season.
  • Contributed 11 throughout the fall campaign.
• Logged his second-career multi-assist match against Virginia Tech (Nov. 15).
• Scored the Tigers’ third goal of the match against North Carolina (Oct. 27).
• Scored his first goal of the season in the Tigers’ match against NC State (Oct. 23).
  • Barber’s goal was the game-winning score, making it the fifth of his career.
• Registered his 35th career point by contributing an assist on Clemson’s first goal of the match against Wake Forest (Oct. 13).
• Started in all of Clemson’s matches during the season as a forward.
• Earned his 40th career start in the ACC Championship match.

2019 Season (Sophomore)

• Played in 21 matches, while starting 18 as a forward.
• Scored 10 goals throughout the season.
  •  Had multi-goal games against South Carolina (Aug. 30) and at Syracuse (Oct. 19).
  • Finished third on the team in total goals scored.
• Led the team in game-winning goals, slotting away four throughout the year.
  • v. Duke (Sept. 20), at Syracuse (Oct. 19), at NC State (Nov. 1) and v. Charlotte (Nov. 24).
• Contributed nine assists throughout the year.
  •  Had a multi-assist game against Fordham (Sept. 17).
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2019-20.

2018 Season (Freshman)

• Started 11 of 17 matches as a freshman for Clemson
• Tallied a goal and a pair of assists in his first-year campaign
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for 2018-19

Before Clemson:

• In residency with the Sporting Kansas City Youth Academy
• Member of the USA U-17 National Team Residency
• Earned 2017 United Soccer Coaches Youth Boys All-America Team honors
• Ranked the No. 5 player in the Heartland region by TopDrawerSoccer.com
• Four-star recruit by TopDrawerSoccer.com