
Premier cover corner and arguably the best tackler and toughest defender on one of the NFL’s best defenses… Throwback player who prides himself on making plays against the run and pass… Tenacious worker on the practice field and in film study... Cemented his reputation as one of the NFL’s finest all-around cornerbacks by earning his second career Pro Bowl selection in 2004... Started in every game at right cornerback as a key defensive playmaker for the Super Bowl XXXVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers... Named to his third career All-Pro Team in 2004 (first team)... Also earned first-team honors in 2001 and second-team honors in 2002... Was named the NFL Alumni Defensive Back of the Year in 2001... Posted a career-high 10 INTs in 2001, which tied him for first in the NFL and also marked a Buccaneers single-season record... Ranks tied for fourth on the club’s all-time list with 23 interceptions... Finished with a career-high 111 tackles in 2003, setting a new Bucs single season record for most tackles by a cornerback (Jeris White, 103 in 1978)… Matched his career-high of 111 tackles in 2004 to become the first CB in team history to record consecutive 100-tackle seasons… Ranks second among all active NFL defensive backs with 18 career sacks… Posted one of the most memorable and dominating defensive performances in NFC Championship Game history, forcing a fumble, posting one sack and sealing the win at Philadelphia (1/19/03) with a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown... Has played in 113 career games with 104 starts... Ranks second to LB Derrick Brooks among active players in consecutive games played (112) and consecutive games started (87)… Also has played in eight postseason games with seven starts... Career totals include: 650 tackles, 23 INTs, seven forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and 124 passes defended... Has added 42 career special teams stops as well as one blocked punt... Recorded a statistic in every defensive category for the second consecutive season in 2004 and fourth time in his career… Has scored seven regular season touchdowns in his career (three interception returns, three fumble returns and one return of a deflected punt), to lead all defensive players in team history... Corralled a team single-game record three interceptions against New Orleans (12/23/01)... One of three players in club history to score on a fumble return and an interception return in the same season (also Richard Wood in 1977 and Derrick Brooks in 2002) in 2000... Has scored in three different ways in his career (fumble return, interception return and punt return), just the second player in team history to do so (also Ricky Reynolds)... Twin brother RB Tiki Barber plays for the New York Giants… Originally entered the NFL as a third-round selection by the Buccaneers in the 1997 draft.
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