Shannon Sharpe
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| Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1968-06-26) June 26, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Glennville (GA) | ||||||||
| College: | Savannah State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 7 / Pick: 192 | ||||||||
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Shannon Sharpe (born June 26, 1968) is a former American football tight end who played for the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL), as well as a former analyst for CBS Sports on its NFL telecasts. He is a TV presenter who co-hosts Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with Skip Bayless.
Sharpe was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 6, 2011. He played 12 seasons for the Broncos (1990–99, 2002–03) and two with the Ravens (2000–01), winning three Super Bowls and finishing his career as the NFL’s all-time leader in receptions (815), receiving yards (10,060) and receiving touchdowns (62) by a tight end,[1] until Tony Gonzalez and Jason Witten surpassed all three of those records. He was the first tight end to amass over 10,000 receiving yards.[2] He was named to the First Team of the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1990s.[1]
Contents
1 Early life
2 NFL career
2.1 Career statistics
2.2 Career receiving statistics
3 Controversies
4 Post-playing career
5 References
6 External links
Early life
Shannon, the younger brother of former NFL star wide receiver Sterling Sharpe, grew up poor in Glennville, Georgia. He once joked, "We were so poor, a robber once broke into our house and we ended up robbing the robber."[3] Sharpe graduated with a degree in criminal justice from Savannah State College (n/k/a Savannah State University). He commented, "I was a terrible student. I didn't graduate magna cum laude, I graduated 'Thank you, Lawdy!'"[4] At Savannah State, he played football and basketball, and also competed in track and field. In track, he competed in jumping and throwing events. He had personal-bests of 6.73 meters in the long jump and 14.73 meters in the triple jump. He also got a top throw of 42.06 meters in the discus throw.[5]
Sharpe was a three-time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection from 1987 to 1989 and the SIAC Player of the Year in 1987. He was also selected as a Kodak Division II All-American in 1989. He led the Tigers' football team to their best records in the program's history: 7-3 in 1988 and 8-1 in 1989. He was inducted into the Division II Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
NFL career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert jump | Broad | ||
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| 6 ft 1 1⁄4 in (1.86 m) | 221 lb (100 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.67 s | 1.61 s | 2.81 s | 4.55 s | 34 in (0.86 m) | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[6] | ||||||||||||
Sharpe was drafted in the 7th round of the 1990 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos, 192nd overall. He remained with Denver until 1999,[7] winning two championship rings in Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII in the process. After the 1997 season[8] championship - his first - he appeared on General Mills' Wheaties boxes with four other Broncos. After a two-year stint with the Baltimore Ravens, where he won another championship ring in Super Bowl XXXV, he returned to the Broncos. He played there until 2003.[9] From there, he retired to become an NFL analyst for CBS.
Career statistics
Ozzie Newsome, the Ravens' general manager, said of Sharpe during his career: "I think he's a threat when he's on the field. He has to be double-teamed. He's a great route-runner. He's proven that he can make the big plays. That's what separates him. He's a threat." Sharpe was selected to the All-Pro Team 4 times, played in eight Pro Bowls (1992–1998, 2001) and amassed over 1,000 receiving yards in three different seasons. In a 1993 playoff game against the Los Angeles Raiders, Sharpe tied a postseason record with 13 receptions for 156 yards and a touchdown. In the Ravens' 2000 AFC title game against the Raiders, he caught a short pass on 3rd down and 18 from his own four-yard line and took it 96 yards for a touchdown, the only touchdown the Ravens scored, en route to a 16-3 Ravens win. Sharpe also caught a 50+ yard pass in each of their other two playoff games. He finished his 14-year career with 815 receptions for 10,060 yards and 62 touchdowns in 203 games.
Career receiving statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Rec | Yards | Avg | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 1 |
| 1991 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 22 | 322 | 14.6 | 1 |
| 1992 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 53 | 640 | 12.1 | 2 |
| 1993 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 81 | 995 | 12.3 | 9 |
| 1994 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 87 | 1,010 | 11.6 | 4 |
| 1995 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 63 | 756 | 12 | 4 |
| 1996 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 80 | 1,062 | 13.3 | 10 |
| 1997 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 72 | 1,107 | 15.4 | 3 |
| 1998 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 64 | 768 | 12.0 | 10 |
| 1999 | Denver Broncos | 5 | 23 | 224 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 2000 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 67 | 810 | 12.1 | 5 |
| 2001 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 73 | 811 | 11.1 | 2 |
| 2002 | Denver Broncos | 12 | 61 | 686 | 11.2 | 3 |
| 2003 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 62 | 770 | 12.4 | 8 |
| Total | 203 | 815 | 10,060 | 12.3 | 62 | |
Controversies
Sharpe's girlfriend Michelle Bundy filed for a restraining order against him on September 9, 2010, in an Atlanta court.[10] Bundy accused Sharpe of sexual assault and threatening her life, according to legal documents obtained by SportsByBrooks. Bundy claimed she was forced to have sex with Sharpe and that Sharpe called and threatened her life, placed her under surveillance and would call to say he was watching her.[11][12] The restraining order was dismissed the following week, with Bundy accused of fabricating her claims against Sharpe.[13]
Post-playing career
Sharpe was a commentator for the CBS Sports pregame show The NFL Today, including the Sprint Halftime Report and the Subway Postgame Show, replacing Deion Sanders and co-hosting with James Brown (formerly with Fox NFL Sunday), former NFL quarterbacks Dan Marino and Boomer Esiason, as well as former coach Bill Cowher.[14] In the 2004 NFL regular season,[15] Sharpe defeated Marino and Esiason in the pick 'em game of The NFL Today with a 53-21 record. His critics say that his broadcasting skills are hurt by his poor grammar and enunciation of words (Sharpe has a very noticeable lisp and drawl). A satirical article on The Onion joked "CBS Producers Ask Shannon Sharpe To Use at Least 3 Real Words Per Sentence."[16] On February 18, 2014, it was announced that Sharpe, along with Dan Marino were being relieved of their duties as on-air commentators on The NFL Today and were being replaced by Tony Gonzalez and Bart Scott.[17]
In 2013, Sharpe became a columnist and spokesperson for FitnessRX For Men magazine and appeared on their September 2013 cover.
Sharpe currently hosts Sirius NFL Radio's Opening Drive morning program, alongside Bob Papa.
Sharpe was among the 17 finalists being considered for enshrinement at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009. However, he was passed over in his first year in a class that included Bruce Smith, Ralph Wilson, Derrick Thomas and Rod Woodson. On October 23, 2009, the NCAA Division II Football Hall of Fame announced that Sharpe would be inducted in December of that year. In addition, Savannah State University also retired Sharpe's No. 2 jersey.[18]
On November 28, 2010, Sharpe was nominated as semi-finalist for induction into the 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with Art Modell and 24 others, among them Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig, Marshall Faulk, and Deion Sanders. Subsequently, on February 6, 2011, Shannon Sharpe was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Sharpe was escorted to the Hall of Fame ceremony by Canton native Haley Smith, continuing the tradition of pageant winners escorting the inductees.[19] He also appeared on the American Dad! episode "The Scarlett Getter", portraying himself.
Sharpe joined Skip Bayless in FS1's new debate show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed which premiered on September 6, 2016.[20]
References
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^ "Shannon Sharpe News, Videos, Photos, and PodCasts - ESPN". search.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
^ Saunders, Patrick (February 6, 2011). "The life and times of Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
^ "Sharpe Retrospective". Sports Illustrated. May 17, 2004. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
^ "Shannon Sharpe". trackingfootball.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014.
^ "Shannon Sharpe - TE - Savannah State (GA) - NFL Combine Results". nflcombineresults.com.
^ "NFL History by Decade". nfl.com.
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^ "NFL History by Decade". nfl.com.
^ Petchesky, Barry. "Is CBS Letting Shannon Sharpe's Domestic Violence Case Slide?".
^ "Shannon Sharpe Accused of Sexual Assault".
^ "Sharpe charged with 'lifting' woman out of house". ESPN.com. August 6, 2004.
^ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shannon-sharpe-update-restraining-order-dismissed-michele-bundy-infatuated-says-acquaintance/
^ NFL Today - CBSSports.com Archived June 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
^ "NFL History by Decade". www.nfl.com.
^ "The Onion - America's Finest News Source". onionsportsnetwork.com.
^ Nate Davis (2014-02-18). "CBS hires Tony Gonzalez, parts with two Hall-of-Fame analysts". usatoday.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
^ Denver, The (October 23, 2009). "Former Bronco Sharpe going into D-II hall". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
^ "Bleacher Report". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011.
^ Pugmire, Lance (August 29, 2016). "Skip Bayless rising early, promises 'deeper' debate for new Fox Sports 1 show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
External links
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