Rod Babers

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Rod Babers
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Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1980-10-06) October 6, 1980 (age 43)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Houston (TX) Lamar
College: Texas
NFL draft: 2003  / Round: 4 / Pick: 123
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:10
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Roderick Henri Babers (born October 6, 1980) is a former American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Giants in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. [1] He played college football at Texas.

Babers was also a member of the Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Babers is now a sports radio talk show host on "Ball Don't Lie" with Mike Hardge, a program that airs weekdays from 3:00-7:00 pm on 104.9 The Horn KTXX-FM in Austin, Texas. Babers also co-hosts "Longhorn Blitz" with Jeff Howe and Matt Butler. Babers appears as a co-host of several weekly shows covering the Texas Longhorns on the On Texas Football YouTube channel.

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References

  1. "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.