Tiki Barber

**Tiki Barber** is a former American Football runningback (New York Giants), commentator, and children's author. He is the identical twin brother of Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber.

## College career

Barber played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers.

### New York Giants

In 1997, Barber was drafted by the New York Giants. By all field accounts, Barber's NFL career was a success. He got the Giants to a Super Bowl XXXV appearance and became the team's all-time leading rusher. Barber, however, surprised many when he decided to retire after the 2006 season. In 2007, the Giants won Super Bowl XLII without Barber.

### Attempted Comeback

In the 2011 offseason, Barber announced that he would seek an NFL comeback. The statement was not received well by nearly anyone, since Barber was 35 years old, well beyond the normal age that famous runningbacks retire. Barber talked about going to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and joining his twin brother Ronde Barber, but a Tampa Bay front office executive promptly said "no way." Barber was brought in by the Miami Dolphins for a tryout, but was not signed.

## Controversy

Barber has drawn critics on and off the field. He has been criticized for remarks he made about Giants teammates Michael Strahan and Eli Manning. Barber also divorced is wife while she was pregnant to marry a woman he had a relationship with while married.

## Children's Author

Tiki and twin brother Ronde Barber have written several children's books about their childhood and how they grew up. The twins have published *_By My Brother's Side_ (2004), _Game Day_ (2005), _Teammates_ (2006), _Kickoff!_ (2007), _Go Long!_ (2008), _Wild Card_ (2009), _Red Zone_ (2010), and _Goal Line_ (2011). These have generally been popular.

## References

- Tiki Barber comeback fails, agent "flabbergasted
- Tiki torches "idiots" for critisizing retirement decision
- Tiki Barber leaves wife
- Tiki Barber wants return with Tampa Bay twin Ronde Barber
- Barbers come out with new book-ABC News

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Tiki Barber
- **image**: Tiki Barber by David Shankbone.jpg
- **caption**: Barber at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007
- **position**: Running back
- **number**: 21
- **birth place**: Roanoke, Virginia
- **height ft**: 5
- **height in**: 10
- **weight lbs**: 205
- **high school**: Cave Spring High School (Roanoke, Virginia), Cave Spring
(Roanoke, Virginia)
- **college**: Virginia Cavaliers football, Virginia
- **draftyear**: 1997
- **draftround**: 2
- **draftpick**: 36
- **pastteams**: * New York Giants (–)
- **highlights**: * 3× Pro Bowl (2005 Pro Bowl, 2004–2007 Pro Bowl, 2006)
* First-team All-Pro (2005 All-Pro Team, 2005)
* New York Giants#Ring of Honor, New York Giants Ring of Honor
* Atlantic Coast Conference football individual awards, ACC Player of the Year (1996)
- **statlabel1**: Rushing yards
- **statvalue1**: 10,449
- **statlabel2**: Average, Rushing average
- **statvalue2**: 4.7
- **statlabel3**: Touchdown, Rushing touchdowns
- **statvalue3**: 55
- **statlabel4**: Reception (American football), Receptions
- **statvalue4**: 586
- **statlabel5**: Receiving yards
- **statvalue5**: 5,183
- **statlabel6**: Touchdown, Receiving touchdowns
- **statvalue6**: 12
- **nfl**: BAR025952
- **pfr**: B/BarbTi00