Sterling Sharpe, a five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers, joined ESPN in June 1995 as an analyst for NFL GameDay and NFL Prime Monday. Sharpe had suffered a possible career-ending injury to the top two vertebrae in his neck during a game in December 1994. Sharpe is the only NFL player to reach 500 catches prior to his seventh league season. He led the league with 18 touchdown catches in 1994, and broke the NFL's single-season record for receptions in 1993 with 112, surpassing his own mark of 108 receptions set in the previous campaign. In 1988, Sharpe graduated from the University of South Carolina with dual degrees in interdisciplinary studies and retailing. He graduated with school records for career receptions (169), receiving yards (2,497), and receiving touchdowns (17). Sharpe was selected in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. Born April 6, 1965, Sharpe is a native of Chicago and is single. Sharpe's younger brother Shannon Sharpe was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1994 as a tight end for the Denver Broncos. Sterling and Shannon are the only brother combination in NFL history to lead their respective teams in receiving in the same season (1992). Sharpe is currently an NFL analyst. After several years with ESPN, he moved to the NFL Network in time for the 2004 season, while continuing to do occasional work for ESPN as a color commentator. He continues to work on the NFL Network mainly as an analyst on the program NFL Playbook.
