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EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex3222016.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex3212016.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex3122016.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex3112016.htm
EX-21.1 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex2112016.htm
EX-10.45 - EXHIBIT 10.45 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex10452016.htm
EX-10.44 - EXHIBIT 10.44 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex10442016.htm
EX-10.43 - EXHIBIT 10.43 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex10432016.htm
EX-10.42 - EXHIBIT 10.42 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex10422016.htm
EX-10.41 - EXHIBIT 10.41 - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrdex10412016.htm
10-K - FORWARD AIR CORP. FORM 10-K - FORWARD AIR CORPfwrd201610-k.htm


Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:
(1)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-151198) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan,
(2)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 033-77944) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation Stock Option and Incentive Plan and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
(3)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-134294) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation 2006 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan,
(4)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-125872) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
(5)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-120250) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation 2000 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Award,
(6)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-120249) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock Plan, as amended, and the Forward Air Corporation 1999 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended,
(7)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-94249) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation 1999 Stock Option and Incentive Plan,
(8)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-211256) pertaining to the Forward Air Corporation 2016 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and the Forward Air Corporation Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Plan -

of our reports dated February 22, 2017, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Forward Air Corporation and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Forward Air Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Forward Air Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016.


Nashville, Tennessee                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
February 22, 2017