Cris Collinsworth

Cris Collinsworth is a former professional football player, who is one of the rare professional athletes to play the entirety of his career with one team. Representing number 80 as a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1981 to 1988, Collinsworth certainly left a mark on the National Football League. He was born in 1959 in Dayton, Ohio as the son of a teacher and a coach and superintendent. Collinsworth’s family moved to Florida early on in his childhood and he became a high school All-American quarterback at the school his father was principal of and later superintendent. Collinsworth went on be recruited to play for the Gators at the University of Florida and in his first game as the Gator’s quarterback, he threw a 99-yard pass that still to this day is tied remains tied for the longest touchdown pass in NCAA history. Later switching to wide receiver, Collinsworth earned numerous awards and recognitions throughout his college career and was selected in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Bengals. He has since played eight notable seasons with the Bengals and pursued broadcasting after retirement. Collinsworth is a recipient of 15 Sports Emmy Awards and is currently one of America's most prominent sports broadcaster. For over a decade, he has been the lead analyst for NBC's Sunday Night Football.