In 2013, Barefield averaged 17.4 points, 4.4 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 2.3 steals in 33 matches while piloting his school to the championship game of the 2014 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Division 1 Basketball tournament.

[1] Some of his individual accolades include being named as co-MVP with fellow Fil-Am Ethan Alvano in the Big VIII tournament that season, as well as being selected to the CIF All-State Team.

[4] He was selected Big VIII League MVP and All-CIF, to go along with his multiple all-tournament awards and honors.

[5] He made formal his desire to suit up for the Larry Brown-mentored squad by signing his Letter of Intent on November 12 of that year.

[14] He then contracted a stomach virus, causing him to miss the following game, yet Utah won by 40 over the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils without him.

[18] In a rematch with Arizona State, he scored 17 points and hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left in regulation, helping Utah knock off the Sun Devils in overtime.

[20] That season, Utah made it all the way to the championship round of the NIT, in which he scored 22 points with six threes, but they lost to the Penn State Nittany Lions.

[21] Barefield declared for the 2018 NBA draft, and had worked out for the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers.

[25] Three games later, he dropped 33 points on the Nevada Wolf Pack off the bench and moved back in the lineup.

[37] Several months later, he recorded 28 points in the final game of the regular season, but his team still fell to dead last in the league.

[45] On February 7, 2023, it was reported that Barefield signed with the Bay Area Dragons of the East Asia Super League as their Asian import.

[47] In April 2023, Barefield joined Guinean club SLAC of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), qualifying as an import player in the 2023 season.

[41] His father, Ray Barefield, is a former point guard for San Diego State and current head coach of Rancho Christian's boys' basketball program.