Tshimanga Biakabutuka

Tshimanga Biakabutuka

Date of birth:	January 24, 1974 (1974-01-24)
Place of birth:	Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire
Career information
Position(s):	Running back
College:	Michigan
NFL Draft:	1996 / Round: 1 / Pick 8
Organizations
As player:
1996-2001	Carolina Panthers
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Tshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka (born January 24, 1974) is a former American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL from 1996 to 2001.

College career at Michigan

Biakabutuka left the former Zaire with his family for Canada when he was four years old, settling in the Montreal area, where his family still lives. He did not play Canadian football until his high school in Longueuil organized a team. After grade 11, he attended CEGEP at Vanier College, where his football exploits earned him the nickname "Touchdown Tim" and earned him a scholarship to play college football at the University of Michigan.

Biakabutukua is perhaps best known for his 313-yard rushing effort against Ohio State in 1995, which helped Michigan upset the previously-undefeated Buckeyes. His performance against Ohio State ranks as the second highest single-game performance in U-M history, as follows:

Rank	Name	Attempts	Net Yds	Yds/Att	Year	Opponent
1	Ron Johnson	31	347	11.2	1968	Wisconsin
2	Tim Biakabutuka	37	313	8.5	1995	Ohio State
3	Jon Vaughn	32	288	9.0	1990	UCLA
4	Ron Johnson	26	270	10.4	1967	Navy
5	Denard Robinson	28	258	9.2	2010	Notre Dame

That season, Biakabutuka rushed for 1,818 yards, still the single-season Michigan record, as follows:

Rank	Name	Attempts	Net Yds	Yds/Att	Year
1	Tim Biakabutuka	303	1818	6.0	1995
2	Anthony Thomas	319	1733	5.4	2000
3	Jamie Morris	282	1703	6.0	1987
4	Denard Robinson	256	1702	6.6	2010
5	Chris Perry	338	1674	5.0	2003

NFL career

During his career in the NFL, Biakabutuka was often injured. He never played more than 12 games in a single season . For his career he played in 50 games over 6 seasons. Over that stretch he totalled 3319 yards from scrimmage and scored 17 touchdowns. As a member of the Carolina Panthers, Biakabutuka became the first running back to record two touchdown runs of 60 or more yards in the same game.

Life after football

Biakabutuka currently resides in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and owns two Bojangles restaurants in Augusta, Georgia. He had a failed venture as a franchisee of a Nathan's Hot Dog Restaurant.

See also

• Lists of Michigan Wolverines football rushing leaders
• List of Montreal athletes
• List of famous Montrealers