{"id":47843,"date":"2026-08-03T06:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/?p=47843"},"modified":"2026-08-03T06:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:41:18","slug":"aj-barner-signs-with-excel-sports-management-for-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/aj-barner-signs-with-excel-sports-management-for-representation\/","title":{"rendered":"AJ Barner Signs With Excel Sports Management For Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seattle Seahawks tight end AJ Barner has signed with Excel Sports Management for representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barner is coming off a breakout second NFL season. The 24-year-old caught 52 passes for 519 yards and six touchdowns in 2025, then added a touchdown catch in Seattle&#8217;s Super Bowl LX win over the New England Patriots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fourth-round pick out of Michigan in 2024, Barner won a national championship with the Wolverines in 2023 after transferring from Indiana, where he&#8217;d been a team captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This move echoes a broader pattern of representation shuffling this year: Seahawks teammate Julian Love recently restructured his own setup, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/julian-love-signs-with-athletes-first-for-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signing with Athletes First<\/a> for brand partnerships while keeping Rosenhaus Sports Representation for public relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excel Sports Management, founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/agents\/jeff-schwartz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeff Schwartz<\/a> in 2002, entered NFL on-field representation in 2023 through its acquisition of Rep 1 Football, and the agency&#8217;s football practice has kept adding clients into 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That activity fits a wider wave of NFL representation moves this year, including Houston Texans defensive tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/junior-tafuna-signs-with-young-money-apaa-sports-for-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Junior Tafuna&#8217;s switch to Young Money APAA Sports<\/a> and Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/otito-ogbonnia-signs-with-aura-sports-group-for-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Otito Ogbonnia&#8217;s move to Aura Sports Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excel Sports Management lands a rising, cost-controlled tight end right as he&#8217;s entering the value-building stretch of his rookie contract, exactly the kind of client an expanding football division wants to bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does Excel&#8217;s football division, still young next to its basketball and golf arms, need more breakout-caliber NFL names like Barner to establish itself? How much does a Super Bowl-winning, ascending role player like Barner stand to gain in off-field opportunities from a switch like this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Seahawks tight end AJ Barner has signed with Excel Sports Management for representation. Barner is coming off a breakout second NFL season. The 24-year-old caught 52 passes for 519 yards and six touchdowns in 2025, then added a touchdown catch in Seattle&#8217;s Super Bowl LX win over the New England Patriots. 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