2001 Football Roster
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Roster
Collin Barber
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lexington, KY
- High School:
- Catholic
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Returning starter … Four letters … Ranks fifth all-time at Syracuse in points scored (237) … Is third on the Orange’s all-time PATs made (111) and attempted (119) lists … Ranks fourth all-time at Syracuse in field goals attempted (64) … Tied for fifth with Gary Anderson on the SU career made field goals ledger (42) … SU’s sixth-most accurate kicker of all-time (42-64; .656) … … Redshirted in 2000.
Senior Year (2004): Played in 11 games … Won SU’s Joe Szombathy Most Outstanding Special Teams Performer Award … Tied for the team lead with 66 points during the regular season … Was 14-for-22 on field goal attempts, including 7-for-9 from 30-39 yards … Hit 24-of-26 extra point tries … Ranked third in the BIG EAST and 19th nationally with 1.40 field goals per game … Was seventh in the BIG EAST overall and fourth among kickers with 6.6 points per game … Ranked sixth in the league with a 92.3 PAT percentage … Named BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week after the Pittsburgh game … Made the game-tying field goal, a 27-yarder with 1:11 left in regulation, and was 4-for-4 on PATs, including the game-tying kick in the first overtime … Tied a career high with three field goals (3-for-3) at Buffalo, including a season-long 46-yarder … Made at least one field goal in five consecutive games (Buffalo-Florida State) … Was 2-for-2 in the win versus Rutgers … Tied his career best with three field goals (3-for-3) in SU’s BIG EAST title-clinching win at Boston College.
Junior Year (2003): Played in 11-of-12 games ... Second-team All-BIG EAST selection and ECAC Division I All-Star ... Made 33-of-34 PAT attempts and 12-of-16 field goal attempts ... Tied for eighth in the BIG EAST in overall scoring and third in scoring by kick with 6.3 points per game ... Ranked second in the league with a 75.0 field goal percentage and third with a 97.1 PAT percentage and third in field goal average per game (1.09) ... Missed the Boston College game due to a leg injury he sustained during practice the day before the game ... Made 5-of-5 extra points and two field goals at North Carolina ... Kicked a 37-yard field goal with 27 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and force overtime versus the Tar Heels ... Made 2-of-2 PATs and two field goals against Louisville ... Made 5-of-5 extra points and hit a 26-yard field goal against Central Florida ... Made 4-of-4 PATs and two field goals against Toledo ... Hit the only PAT he attempted at Virginia Tech ... Made 2-of-2 PATs at Pittsburgh ... Hit two field goals and 5-of-5 extra points against Temple ... Made a 32-yard field goal and one PAT at Miami ... Connected on 2-of-3 extra points and one 25-yard field goal against West Virginia ... Made his only kick of the game, a PAT, at Rutgers ... Made a season-long 43-yard field goal and 5-of-5 extra points against Notre Dame.
Sophomore Year (2002): Kicked in all 12 games ... Connected on 3-of-3 extra points at BYU ... Hit on 2-of-2 extra points against North Carolina ... Against Rhode Island made 9-of-9 extra points ... Connected on field goals from 27 yards and 44 yards at Auburn ... His 44-yard field goal put SU ahead in the third overtime against the Tigers ... Also made 4-of-4 extra points at Auburn ... Made his only field goal, a 28-yard attempt in the first quarter and connected on 2-of-2 extra points against Pittsburgh ... Made 1-of-3 field goals and hit 1-of-2 extra points at Temple ... Hit the only extra point he attempted at West Virginia ... Made 1-of-3 field goals and made 3-of-3 extra points at Rutgers ... At Central Florida scored 1-of-2 extra points and connected on a 25-yard field goal in the first quarter ... Made a career-high 3-of-4 field goals and hit 1-of-2 extra points against Virginia Tech ... His three field goals tied for 10th on SU's single-game list ... At Boston College made 2-of-3 field goals, including a career-high 50-yard attempt in the first quarter and connected on 2-of-2 extra points ... Hit the only extra point he attempted.
Freshman Year (2001): Played in five games as the placekicker after taking over the spot at Pittsburgh ... Made the first 26 kicks he attempted (five field goals, 21 PATs) ... Made 6-of-6 point after touchdown attempts, scoring the first points of his collegiate career at Pittsburgh ... Made the first field goal attempt of his collegiate career, a 37-yarder, and went 6-of-6 on PATs against Temple ... Made two field goals, including a career-long 45-yarder, and went 2-of-2 on PATs at Virginia Tech ... Made a 22-yard field goal and was 3-of-3 on PATs against West Virginia ... Went 1-of-2 on field goals and 4-of-5 on PATs against Boston College ... Hit 2-of-2 PATs against Kansas State in the Insight.com Bowl.
High School: All-state punter ... Two-time all-city honoree as a placekicker ... Career statistics: 159 points, 111 extra points, 17-of-29 for field goals, averaged 41 yards per punt ... Kicked 50 percent of kickoffs out of the end zone ... Associated Press All-State honorable mention in 1999 ... Team record as a three-year starter was 32-6 ... Named The Courier-Journal (Louisville) All-State punter ... Recruited by assistant coach Dennis Goldman.
Personal: Collin Andrew Barber ... Born January 11, 1982 in Lexington, Ken. ... Son of George and Donna Barber ... Dual major in marketing management and retailing.
Barber's Career Statistics
Barber's Career Bests
| PATs | Made | 9 vs. Rhode Island, 2002 |
| Attempted | 9 vs. Rhode Island, 2002 | |
| Field Goals | Made | 3 vs. Virginia Tech, 2002; Buffalo, Boston College, 2004 |
| Attempted | 4 vs. Virginia Tech, 2002 | |
| Long | 50 vs. Boston College, 2002 |
| Year | FG-FGA | Long | PAT-Att. | Points |
| 2001 | 5-6 | 45 | 21-22 | 36 |
| 2002 | 11-20 | 50 | 33-36 | 66 |
| 2003 | 12-16 | 43 | 33-34 | 69 |
| 2004 | 14-22 | 46 | 24-27 | 66 |
| Total | 42-64 | 50 | 111-119 | 237 |
