Sterling Sharpe

Sterling Sharpe(born April 6, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football wide receiver who played from 1988 to 1995 with the Green Bay Packers.

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April 6 - 1965 - Chicago, Illinois - American football - Wide receiver - 1988 - 1995 - Green Bay Packers

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Growing up, Sharpe lived in Georgia with his grandmother and siblings, one being his brother Shannon Sharpe, due to the violence and drugs in a big city such as Chicago. He attended Glennview High, playing running back, quarterback, and linebacker and was a member of the basketball and track teams. At the University of South Carolina, Sharpe set school records with 169 career receptions and 2,497 recieving yards and a since broken record of 17 career touchdowns.

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Georgia - Shannon Sharpe - Basketball - Track - University of South Carolina

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Sharpe was the first round draft pick of the Packers and had an immediate impact on the team. In his rookie season he started all sixteen games and caught 55 passes. His sophomore season he led the league with 90 receptions and was the first of the Packers to do so since Don Hutson in 1945 and broke Hutson's record of receptions and recieving yards in a season.

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Don Hutson - 1945

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A few years later, in 1992, Sharpe and the new quarterback, Brett Favre, teamed up to become one of the top passing tandems in the league. In the final game of that season he and Favre hooked up for a touchdown pass, making it Sharpe's 107th reception of the season, breaking Art Monk's record that had been set in 1984, but in the 1985 season Sharpe broke it again with 112 receptions making him the only player to catch over 100 passes in two straight seasons.

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1992 - Brett Favre - Art Monk - 1984 - 1985

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Sterling Sharpe ended his career short with a neck injury, but in his tenture as a wide reciever he was named All-Pro four times. Sharpe is currently an NFL analyst. After several years with ESPN, he moved to the NFL Network in time for the 2004 season.

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NFL - ESPN - NFL Network - 2004

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His younger brother Shannon was one of the NFL's top tight ends from the 1990s through the early 2000s. Shannon retired in 2003 and once again followed in his brother's footsteps, becoming a sportscaster.

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Shannon - 2003

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Sharpe currently resides in the Wildewood subdivision of Columbia, South Carolina.

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