The Ocean County College Foundation will host a conversation with former NFL football player and national media personality Tiki Barber on the main campus of Ocean County College on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The event is the latest installment in the Foundation’s popular Blauvelt Speaker Series.
A three-time Pro Bowler and First-Team All-Pro during his 10-year career with the New York Giants, Barber is the team’s all-time leading rusher and a member of their Ring of Honor. His 2005 season with 2,390 yards from scrimmage ranks fourth all-time in NFL history, as does his five career 200-yard rushing games. Barber ranks 6th all-time in receptions by a running back with 586 and is one of three players in NFL history to accumulate 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards.
After retiring from the NFL in 2007, Barber began a new career in broadcasting, serving as a correspondent for NBC’s The Today Show and commentator for Football Night in America. Since then, Barber has contributed to a variety of national news, sports and entertainment programs and helped broadcast numerous special events, including the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. He is currently an NFL analyst for CBS and the co-host of Evan and Tiki on WFAN.
Join the OCC Foundation in the Health and Human Performance Center (Building #29) at 6 p.m. on June 5 for this very special in-person event. Tickets are $19 and available now at grunincenter.org. A free livestream is also available; advance registration is required.
For more information on all of the Foundation’s upcoming events, visit occfoundation.org.
The Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation. This year’s 2024-2025 additional sponsors include Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Gutman & Petro, LLC, Arlene and Frank Dupignac, Jr., Georgian Court University, Kean Ocean, Stella and Marshall Kern, Kiwanis of Greater Toms River, Leone & Daughters, New Jersey Natural Gas, and OCVTS.
About the Ocean County College Foundation
Since 1965, the OCC Foundation has provided support for thousands of deserving students in our community, awarding over $21 million in direct scholarship and special program support. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to continue to provide additional assistance across our college community in truly impactful ways, including the funding for the Helping Hands Food Pantry, the Blauvelt Speaker Series, the Grunin Center for the Arts, the Global Travel Experience, Veterans Affairs, the Novins Planetarium, the Citta Sailing Center, Viking Athletics, and many more college and student-led initiatives.