Cris Collinsworth
Cris Collinsworth was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States on January 27th, 1959 and is the Football Player. At the age of 65, Cris Collinsworth biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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College career
Collinsworth's combination of height and speed attracted the attention of college football programs around the South, and he accepted an athletic scholarship from coach Doug Dickey to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Despite being drafted as a running first quarterback for the Gators' option offense, Collinsworth threw a 99-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Gaffney against the Rice Owls in his first collegiate appearance, a record-tying touchdown pass in NCAA history.
In Collinsworth's freshman season of 1977, the option offense struggled against top defenses, so Coach Dickey decided to move his team from a run-oriented offense to a more balanced pro set attack. In his first year as a coach, Collinsworth was moved to wide receiver, where his new position coach, former Gator quarterback Steve Spurrier, was named as a coach. Although Florida's offense did not improve enough to save Dickey's teaching staff or his coaching staff, Collinsworth's new position excelled. In 1978, 1979, 1980, he was named a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) pick, and in 1980, he was named both a first-team All-American and a first-team Academic All-America. Collinsworth, a senior captain on the 1980 Gator team that saw the largest one-year revival in NCAA Division I football at the time, rising to 8–4 after record 0–10–1 in 1979, Charlie Pell's first season as Florida's head coach. Collinsworth completed his college career by being named MVP of the 1980 Tangerine Bowl.
Collinsworth made 120 passes for 1,937 yards and rushed for another 210 during his Florida career. He had 14 touchdowns, two running, one on a kickoff return, and two touchdowns on his second tryout, and had two touchdowns. He has also kicked off 30 kickoffs for 726 yards on an average of 24.2 yards per return. In 1981, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and was inducted into the University of Florida Student Hall of Fame the same year. In 1991, he was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" and the Gainesville Sun named him as the No. 1 in the state of Florida, and in 2006 as part of a commemoration of 100 years of Florida football. Jim Gator, a 12-year player, is the 12th member of the Gator team.
Professional career
Collinsworth was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round (37th pick overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft, and he spent his entire eight-year career with the Bengals. Collinsworth was the team's top receiver in his first season, setting a new Bengals franchise record for receptions by a rookie wide receiver in 21 years. In 1981, 1983, 1985, 1984, and 1986), he crossed 1,000 yards receiving four times (in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1984, and 1986) and was elected to the Pro Bowl in 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1983. Collinsworth has made mismatches against much smaller cornerbacks at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) in height. In addition to his height, he was also a significant danger due to his speed.
Collinsworth caught five passes for 107 yards in Super Bowl XVI, but he made a costly second quarter fumble when he was struck by San Francisco defensive back Eric Wright. The fumble would be immediately followed by a 92-yard 49ers touchdown run, and San Francisco defeated 26-21.
Collinsworth joined the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League in 1985, but the deal was terminated after he missed the physical due to a bad ankle. In Super Bowl XXIII, his last game of his career, he returned to the Bengals and played for them through the 1988 season. In 107 games, he had 417 receptions for 6,698 yards and 36 touchdowns.
Broadcasting career
Collinsworth began his career as a NFL football analyst before returning to Cincinnati as a sports radio talk show host. He started off as a guest host for Bob Trumpy (also a Bengals alumnus), but as Trumpy accepted more television jobs, he took over the show full-time. He then became a reporter for HBO's (now Showtime's) Inside the NFL (1989).
In 1990, he became a member of the NBC network's NFL broadcasts, as well as some of the college broadcasting. In 1996, he appeared on NBC's pregame show.
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After NBC lost their television rights to CBS in 1998, Collinsworth joined the NFL on Fox team. Collinsworth was assigned to the network's lead game broadcasting crew after many years as a color commentator on Fox's Sunday pregame show (teaming with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman) in 2002. He appeared on Fox's Super Bowl XXIX television show three years ago. During his time at Fox, Collinsworth appeared on Guinness World Records Primetime, as the host.
Collinsworth appeared on three television networks during football season in 2006. In addition to co-hosting Inside the NFL on HBO, he returned to NBC as a studio analyst for the network's Sunday night NFL coverage and did color commentary on the NFL Network. Along with play-by-play man Bryant Gumbel and Bob Papa, he served as color commentator for NFL Network Thursday night games (and one Saturday night game).
Collinsworth appeared on several occasions as a commentator in NBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, Collinsworth and Costas partnered again. When Inside the NFL premiered on its new home on Showtime, he continued his work on Inside the NFL.
Collinsworth has worked on Madden NFL 09 and Madden NFL 10, as well as Madden NFL 11 and Madden NFL 12 with Gus Johnson.
Collinsworth took over the role of color commentator on NBC's Sunday Night Football with Al Michaels in 2009. As of 2022, Michaels is in his 14th season of the high-profile television show and is now partnered with Mike Tirico. After Michaels was named the new play-by-play announcer for Prime Video's coverage of Thursday Night Football, Michaels is now paired with Mike Tirico.
On WGN America, Collinsworth was the host of Inside the Vault.
Collinsworth is on the Board of Selectors of the Jefferson Awards for Public Service.
Collinsworth's work in the broadcasting booth featured his appearance of the "Collinsworth Slide" prior to each game, one of the game's most well-known trademarks. After Al Michaels' brief introduction to the forthcoming game, the camera will fade slightly and allow Collinsworth to slide himself into the photo through his broadcasting chair, which after which he offered insights of his own.