Mark May

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Mark May
Date of birth	November 2, 1959
Place of birth	Oneonta, New York
Position(s)	Offensive lineman
College	Pittsburgh
NFL Draft	1981 / Round 1/ Pick 20
Pro Bowls	1
Awards	1980 Outland Trophy
Honors	70 Greatest Redskins
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1981-1990 1991 1992-1993	Washington Redskins San Diego Chargers Phoenix Cardinals
College Hall-of-Fame

Mark May (born Nov. 2, 1959 in Oneonta, New York) is an American sports broadcaster and football analyst as well as a former offensive lineman in the National Football League.

1 Football Playing Career
2 Broadcasting career
3 References
4 Links

[edit] Football Playing Career

May was a 1980 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. In his senior year, he received the Outland Trophy as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman. The university retired May's number in 2001, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.^[1]

May was drafted in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, where he played until 1990 and won two Super Bowls -- XVII and XXII -- as a member of the famed "Hogs" offensive line. He was named one of the 70 greatest Redskins of all time.^[2]

Following his tenure with the Redskins, May played for the San Diego Chargers (1991) and Phoenix Cardinals (1992-93) During a post game shower, May suffered a nasty fall which forced his early retirement in 1993.

[edit] Broadcasting career

In 1997, Mark May was hired by TNT as a game analyst on their Sunday Night Football broadcasts. After TNT lost the broadcasting rights to Sunday Night Football after the 1997 season, May joined CBS Sports in 1998 as a game analyst for their NFL coverage from 1998-2000. In 2001, May joined ESPN as a football analyst and commentator, specializing in college football. He is currently a regular on the popular College GameDay progam during the season, as well as offering analysis on ESPN2 and ESPN News. He is well known for his disputes with broadcasting partner Lou Holtz. In 2005, he wrote "Mark May's Tales from the Washington Redskins," a book detailing his experiences as an NFL player.