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Cemented his reputation as one of the NFL’s finest all-around cornerbacks... Premier cover corner on the league’s top-ranked defense... Started in every game at right cornerback as a key defensive playmaker for the Super Bowl XXXVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers... Named to his second consecutive All-Pro Team in 2002 (second team)... Also earned first-team honors in 2001... 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 fifth on the club’s all-time list with 18 interceptions... Outstanding coverage skills have opponents apprehensive of throwing in his direction... Exceptional technique and footwork has helped him stop the game’s top receivers... Is responsible for covering the slot receiver in Tampa Bay’s nickel package... Strong tackler who is equally adept at stopping the run... Tenacious worker on the practice field and in film study... Strong work habits enabled him to work way up the depth chart and become a full-time starter in 1998... Posted one of the most memorable and dominating defensive performances in NFC Championship Game history, forcing a fumble, posting a sack and sealing the win at Philadelphia (1/19/03) with a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown... Has played in 81 career games with 72 starts... Also has played in eight postseason games with seven starts... Career totals include: 428 tackles, 18 INTS, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and 103 passes defensed... Also has added 35 career special teams stops as well as one blocked punt... Has scored four regular season touchdowns in his career (two interception returns, one fumble return and one return of a deflected punt), tied for second-most in team history by a defensive player... 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.