Barry Minter

Minter was released because of salary-cap reasons on June 1, 2001.

On August 12, 2001, the Cleveland Browns signed him as a free agent. He appeared in one game before being waived on September 20.

Minter was used both as an outside and middle linebacker in nickel packages until 1996, when he became a starter at middle linebacker after Bryan Cox was lost for the season with a broken thumb and finished with 106 tackles. The next year, he led the team with 125 tackles and 6 sacks.

He led the team in tackles 4 straight years (1996–1999), until injuring his back in the second game of the 2000 season and being replaced in the starting lineup by rookie Brian Urlacher, who became an All-Pro and never relinquished the position back to him.

He was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (168th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft. On August 17, after former Cowboys defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt became the head coach for the Chicago Bears, he was traded along with linebacker Vinson Smith and a sixth-round draft pick (#198-Carl Reeves), in exchange for linebacker John Roper, tight end Kelly Blackwell and safety Markus Paul.

He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Tulsa, where he was redshirted as a freshman. Although he was recruited as a safety, he was converted into a linebacker in 1989. He was a backup during his first two seasons and underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in 1990.

Barry Antoine Minter (born January 28, 1970) is a former National Football League linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He played college football at the University of Tulsa.