Shannon Sharpe

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Full Name: Shannon Sharpe Primary Position: TE/WR Height/Weight: 6' 2"/233 College: Savannah State University Birthdate: June 26, 1968 High School: Glennville (GA) Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Pro Experience: 14 years

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Shannon Sharpe (born June 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former tight end and wide receiver who played 12 of his 14 seasons with the Denver Broncos in the NFL. Sharpe is known most for his creative commentary and trash talking as well as for being the premier tight end of his era.

Shannon, the younger brother of former NFL wide receiver Sterling Sharpe, grew up poor in Glennville, Georgia. "We were so poor, a robber once broke into our house and we ended up robbing the robber."

Sharpe graduated with a degree in criminal justice from Savannah State College (since 1996 Savannah State University). "I was a terrible student. I didn't graduate magna cum laude, I graduated 'Thank you, Lawdy!'" [1] At Savannah State he played football and basketball and competed in triple jump.

Sharpe was selected in the 7th round of the 1990 NFL Draft, 192nd overall, by the Broncos. [2] He had a mediocre rookie season as a wide receiver, until Broncos head coach Dan Reeves convinced him to convert to tight end. He remained with Denver until 1999 [3], winning two championship rings in Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII in the process. After the 1997 season [4] championship, his first, he appeared on General Mills' Wheaties boxes with four other Broncos. [5] 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 [6]. Then he retired to become an NFL broadcaster. [7]

Ozzie Newsome, Hall-of-Fame tight-end, Ravens' general manager, and the man responsible for signing Sharpe before the 2000 season had this to say about him, "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 played in 8 Pro Bowls(1992-1998, 2001) and amassed over 1,000 receiving yards in 3 different seasons. In a 1993 playoff game against the Oakland 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 4-yard line and took it 96 yards for a touchdown, assisting his team to a 16-3 win. He finished his 14 year career with 815 receptions for 10,060 yards and 62 touchdowns in 204 games. Sharpe is the NFL's all-time receptions and yardage leader for a tight-end, surpassing even Newsome's Hall-of-Fame records.

He is now a commentator for the CBS Sports pregame show The NFL Today, including the Nextel Halftime Report and the Subway Postgame Show, replacing Deion Sanders and co-hosting with Greg Gumbel and former NFL quarterbacks Dan Marino and Boomer Esiason. [8] In the 2004 NFL regular season [9], Sharpe defeated Marino and Esiason in the pick 'em game of The NFL Today with a 53-21 record.

Sharpe also appears on SIRIUS NFL Radio's Movin' The Chains, and writes a column on NFL.com [10].

Sharpe now resides in Glennville in his free time. On the National Football League Players' Association Players Inc. Web site [11], while he played in Denver, he cited his hobbies as fishing, basketball, weight lifting, and spending time with his Rottweiler dogs. He also played in the 2005 World Series of Poker.

Sharpe, a hall-of-fame-caliber player, will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

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Sharpe appears in ESPN NFL 2K5 as a free agent tight-end. Fellow announcers Mel Kiper, Trey Wingo, and Chris Berman also appear as unlockable free agents in season mode.

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