Sterling Sharpe
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Sterling Sharpe (born April 6, 1965) is an American football wide receiver and analyst for the NFL Network.
He attended the University of South Carolina and spent with the Green Bay Packers from 1988 to 1994 in a role marred by injuries.
Early life and college
Sharpe was born in Chicago, USA, to Pete Sharpe and Mary Alice Dixon. Sharpe grew up in Glennville, Georgia, with his grandparents and siblings, including his younger brother, the Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe. He attended Glennville High School, playing quarterback, quarterback, and linebacker, as well as being a member of the basketball and track teams. Sharpe, a wide receiver at the University of South Carolina, set school records with 169 career receptions and 2,497 passing yards, including a new record of 17 touchdowns in a row. He also set the school record for single-season touchdowns with 11, which was previously unbeaten by Sidney Rice in 2005. Sharpe's No. 5 is the most popular. At the end of the 1987 regular season, 2 jersey was retired by South Carolina, making him the second Gamecock to be given this recognition while still playing. William "Tank" Black, his college coach and mentor, left the Gamecocks to serve as a player-manager and worked with Sharpe throughout his career. Sharpe was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
Professional career
Sharpe made an immediate impact on the team in 1988, placing him in the first round, seventh overall, draft pick by the Packers. He appeared in all 16 games and gained 55 passes in his rookie season. He led the league with 90 receptions, the first Packer to do so since Don Hutson in 1945, and also set Hutson's record for receptions and receiving yards in a season. Sharpe was known as a tough receiver with strong hands who was able to run over the middle to make difficult catches in traffic.
Sharpe and Brett Favre, the new quarterback, teamed up in 1992 to become one of the best passing tandems in the league a few years ago. Sterling and Favre hooked up for Sharpe's 107th reception of the season, the highest number set by Art Monk in 1984. He was one of just seven players to win the outright "Triple Crown" at the receiver position last season: leading the league in receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, and receptions. Ray Flaherty (1932), Don Hutson (1936, 1941-44), Elroy Hirsch (1951), and Raymond Berry (1959) all made this in the years before the Super Bowl era. Jerry Rice (1990), Steve Smith Sr. (2005), and Cooper Kupp (2021) were the only other players to attempt this feat.
He set a new personal record of 112 receptions in the 1993 season, making him the first player to have consecutive seasons catching more than 100 passes. His 18 touchdown receptions in 1994 were second-most in league history at the time, behind Jerry Rice's 22 in 1987. Don Hutson, the second Packer in team history to score four touchdown passes in a single game since 1945, on October 24, 1993.
Sharpe's tenure as a wide receiver was cut short due to a neck injury, bringing an end to a career in which he was invited to the Pro Bowl five times (1989, 1990, 1993, and 1994). Shannon, his younger brother, was unable to play anymore and wasn't on the Packers team that won the Super Bowl in 1996, gave him the first of the three Super Bowl rings he earned, citing him as a major influence in his life.
Sharpe became an NFL analyst after his release from the league.