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Rondé Barber: A look back on his Hall of Fame career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

TAMPA, Fla. — When Rondé Barber played in the NFL, he was everywhere.

Quaint in size, a quilt in coverage and quick to a quarterback. Still to this day, nobody has cracked the combination of sacks and interceptions quite like him.

He was a student. The same brilliant mind that led him to Virginia helped him become his own greatest asset at the next level, especially in the film room.

An innovator, defining the modern-day slot corner position. A disciple of Monte Kiffin who pushed Barber to learn every entity of a transformative Tampa 2 defense, which still exists today.

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