Reggie Torbor to speak at Hoover chamber luncheon this Thursday

Reggie Torbor, a former Auburn and NFL football standout who recently became president of a new construction company, is scheduled to speak Thursday at the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Torbor, a native of Baton Rouge, was a four-year starter at defensive end for Auburn University, where he earned All-SEC honors. In 2004, the New York Giants selected him as a fourth-round draft pick, and in 2008 he helped the Giants win the Super Bowl. Torbor then played two seasons with the Miami Dolphins and spent his final season with the Buffalo Bills in 2010. He retired from the NFL in 2011.

He then focused his career on leading and motivating others. For the past five years, he worked as a motivational speaker and personal development manager for Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors, focusing on the emotional, spiritual and professional growth of his colleagues.

But in January of this year, Brasfield & Gorrie made him president of Pylon Building Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brasfield & Gorrie that is currently focusing its efforts in the Birmingham area.

Torbor and his wife, Michelle, also in the spring of 2021 opened and operated a smoothie and sandwich shop called Taproot Café in the Shoppes at Hwy 150 Crossings, but it closed in the summer of 2022.

Torbor, his wife and two sons, R.J. and Cameron, live in Hoover, and he is a graduate of Leadership Hoover.

This month’s chamber luncheon is being held in the banquet room at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, with networking beginning at 11:15 a.m.

Editor's note: This story was edited to correct the location of the chamber luncheon.