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Sterling Sharpe

Career Highlights: A former All-Pro NFL wide receiver, Sterling Sharpe was a five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers…When he left the game, Sharpe was the only NFL player to reach 500 catches prior to his seventh league season...Unfortunately, he left the game too early as he suffered a career-ending neck injury during a game in December 1994…He led the NFL with 18 touchdown catches in 1994, the second most in league history at the time, behind only Jerry Rice’s 22 in 1987…He broke the league’s single-season record for receptions in 1993 with 112, surpassing his own mark of 108 receptions set in the previous campaign…Sharpe graduated from the University of South Carolina with dual degrees in interdisciplinary studies and retailing…He holds school records for career receptions (169), receiving yards (2,497) and receiving touchdowns (17)…He was selected in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers…A native of Chicago, he is the older brother of former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe…Sharpe has spent the past seven years as an NFL analyst for the NFL Network…He can also be seen with Joe Theismann and others on the NFL Network’s “Playbook”…Prior to that, he spent nine years at ESPN as an analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown…He also spent time briefly with NBC Sports in 2007…Sharpe was the cover subject and star of the 1995 Super Nintendo game “Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End” and also appeared in the video game “NFL Street 2” as a member of the NFL Legends team depicting NFL legends of the 1970s and 1980s in their playing days.

Updated: June, 2011

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