Rashad Emmanuel Unique Barksdale is an American former football cornerback who played primarily in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Albany Great Danes and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL draft.

The Albany Great Danes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University at Albany located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of CAA Football, the legally separate football league administered by the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). The 2013 season was the Great Danes' first in CAA Football, following a 14-year tenure in the Northeast Conference. Ten years later, they won their first-ever CAA championship, sharing the title with Villanova and Richmond.