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Tiki Barber Named 2008 ACC Football Legend
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GREENSBORO, NC Former Cavalier football standout Tiki Barber is one of one of 12 players chosen as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 2008 Dr. Pepper ACC Football Championship Game Legends class announced Wednesday.
Barber lettered three times during his career (1993-96) and was named the ACC’s Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in 1996. He finished his career as UVa’s all-time leading rusher with 3389 yards and ranked 10th in conference history. His 19 career 100-yard rushing games still stand as a school record.
He was the third player in ACC history to post two seasons of at least 1,200 yards rushing and owned two of the top-four season performances for both rushing yards and all-purpose yards in ACC history at the completion of his career. Barber also finished his career ranked eighth in league history in all-purpose yards and 13th in punt return yards.
Barber was named first-team All-ACC in 1995 and 1996 and earned first-team Academic All-America honors both seasons. He graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce in May 1997 with a degree in finance. His jersey was retired by the UVa athletics department last November at the Virginia Tech football game.
The Roanoke, Va., native was a second round pick of the New York Giants in the 1997 NFL Draft and played 10 seasons with the Giants. He retired following the 2006 season as the franchise’s all-time leader in rushing (10,449 yards) and receiving (586 receptions).
He resides in New York City and is an NBC news correspondent and an analyst for the network’s Football Night in America.
Joining Barber as ACC Legends are: Boston College LB Steve DeOssie (1980-83), Clemson LB Levon Kirkland (1988-91), Duke E Claude “Tee” Moorman, II (1958-60), Florida State QB Danny Kannell (1992-95), Georgia Tech LB Pat Swilling (1982-85), Maryland DT Stan Jones (1950-53), Miami DT Russell Maryland (1987-90), North Carolina DT Marcus Jones (1992-95), NC State G Bill Yoest (1970-73), Virginia Tech QB Don Strock (1970-72) and Wake Forest TE John Henry Mills (1988, 90-92).
The Legends will be honored at this year’s Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship game weekend. They will appear at the ACC Coaches and Awards Luncheon at noon on Friday, Dec. 5, and will be honored at the “ACC Night of Legends” held at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay on Friday evening. They will also be recognized during pregame ceremonies at Raymond James Stadium, site of the league championship game.