Steve Tasker

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Steve Tasker
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Position(s): Wide Receiver / Gunner / Special Teams	Jersey #(s): 89
Born: April 10, 1962 (1962-04-10) (age 46) Leoti, Kansas
Career Information
Year(s): 1985–1997
NFL Draft: 1985 / Round: 9 / Pick: 226
College: Northwestern
Professional Teams
Houston Oilers (1985-1986) Buffalo Bills (1986-1997)
Career Stats
Receptions	51
Receiving Yards	779
Touchdowns	9
Stats at NFL.com
Career Highlights and Awards
Pro Bowl (x7) (1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

Steven Jay Tasker (born April 10, 1962 in Leoti, Kansas) is a broadcaster for CBS Sports, who previously was a wide receiver and special teams player for the Houston Oilers and the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. He was drafted in the 1985 NFL Draft out of Northwestern University, where he played for his junior and senior years (and also played on the college's rugby squad) in college and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, by the Oilers in the ninth round (226th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft. He began his college career at Dodge City Community College.

Although he was listed as a wide receiver, and played occasionally at that position during his career (especially in his later years with the Bills), he is mostly remembered for his work on special teams. Despite a diminutive stature by NFL standards (5'8", 183 lb, or 1.73 m, 83 kg), Tasker gained a reputation as one of the league's most feared hitters as he covered both punt and kickoff returns (known as being a gunner), forcing numerous fumbles by opposing return men. Contributing to his success in breaking up kick returns was his great speed; Tasker was almost always the first player to reach the return man, gaining an advantage of several seconds for his team. He was the first player to establish himself as a major star almost exclusively through special teams play without being either a kicker or a return man. Tasker played in seven Pro Bowls (1987 and 1990-1995) as a special-teamer and was named the game's MVP in 1993. Many, including former teammate and Hall of Fame Quarterback Jim Kelly, consider him to be the greatest special teams player of all time and believe that he should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. December 21, 1997, at Lambeau Field in his last career game, he was ejected for protesting a muffed Bills punt and bumping an official.

Famous ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman gave Tasker one of his famous nicknames: Steve "A Tisker a" Tasker.

Tasker currently does color commentary for CBS football telecasts as well as play-by-play for the local broadcasts of Bills pre-season games, working alongside his former coach, Marv Levy, who also did color commentary until becoming the General Manager of the Bills in 2006. In 2007, Ray Bentley took his former teammate's place as play-by-play man while Tasker provided color analysis.

On September 9th, 2007, Tasker became the 24th person enshrined on the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame.