Cris Collinsworth
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Born: | Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | January 27, 1959||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Astronaut (Titusville, Florida) | ||||||||
College: | Florida (1977–1980) | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1981 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37 | ||||||||
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Anthony Cris Collinsworth
Early life
Collinsworth was born in Dayton, Ohio,[4] the son of Abraham Lincoln "Abe" Collinsworth and Donetta Browning Collinsworth. Abe, known as "Lincoln" in high school, was one of the top scorers in Kentucky high-school basketball history, and played for the Kentucky Wildcats "Fiddling Five" who won the 1958 national championship. Both of Cris's parents were educators; Donetta was a teacher, and Abe was a high-school teacher and coach who later became a principal and eventually the superintendent of schools for Brevard County.[5]
His family, including Cris and his younger brother Greg, moved from Ohio to
College career
Collinsworth's combination of height and speed attracted the attention of college football programs throughout the South, and he accepted an athletic scholarship from coach Doug Dickey to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.[8] Though he was recruited as a run-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 attempt, a toss which remains tied for the longest touchdown pass in NCAA history.[8][9]
Florida's option attack struggled against top defenses in Collinsworth's freshman season of
During his career at Florida, Collinsworth caught 120 passes for 1,937 yards, and rushed for another 210. He scored 14 touchdowns receiving, two rushing, one on a kickoff return, and threw two touchdown passes.
Professional career
Collinsworth was selected by the
In
In
Broadcasting career
After his retirement as an NFL player, Collinsworth began a broadcasting career as a sports radio talk show host on
In 1990, he became a part of the
In 1995, he appeared on HBO broadcasting at Wimbledon with Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, and Barry MacKay.
In 1998, Collinsworth joined the NFL on Fox team after NBC lost their broadcast rights to CBS. After several years as a color commentator on the Fox NFL Sunday pregame show, Collinsworth was assigned to the network's lead game broadcasting crew (teaming with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman) in 2002.[24] He worked on Fox's Super Bowl XXXIX telecast three years later.[24] Collinsworth was also the host of the television show Guinness World Records Primetime during his stay at Fox.[24]
In
In the NBC broadcasts of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Collinsworth appeared alongside Bob Costas as a commentator on numerous occasions.[24] Collinsworth and Costas paired again during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.[24] He also continued his work on Inside the NFL when it debuted on its new home on Showtime.[24]
Collinsworth is also the color commentator on Madden NFL 09 and Madden NFL 10 with Tom Hammond, as well as in Madden NFL 11 and Madden NFL 12 with Gus Johnson.
In 2009, Collinsworth filled the color-commentator role vacated by John Madden on NBC's Sunday Night Football, with Al Michaels.[25] and as of 2022 is in his fourteenth season of the high-profile telecast, paired with Mike Tirico, after Michaels was named the new play-by-play announcer for Prime Video’s coverage of Thursday Night Football.
Collinsworth was the host of Inside the Vault on WGN America.[24]
Collinsworth is on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service.[26]
One of the most well-known trademarks of Collinsworth's work in the broadcasting booth was his performance of the "Collinsworth Slide" before each game. After Al Michaels gave a brief introduction for the upcoming game, the camera would pan out slightly and allow Collinsworth to slide himself into the picture via his broadcasting chair, after which he provided insights of his own.[27]
NFL career statistics
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
1981 | CIN | 16 | 16 | 67 | 1,009 | 15.1 | 74 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 |
1982 | CIN | 9 | 9 | 49 | 700 | 14.3 | 50 | 1 | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1983 | CIN | 14 | 14 | 66 | 1,130 | 17.1 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1984 | CIN | 15 | 14 | 64 | 989 | 15.5 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1985 | CIN | 16 | 16 | 65 | 1,125 | 17.3 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1986 | CIN | 16 | 15 | 62 | 1,024 | 16.5 | 46 | 10 | 2 | -16 | -8.0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1987 | CIN | 8 | 6 | 31 | 494 | 15.9 | 53 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
1988 | CIN | 13 | 0 | 13 | 227 | 17.5 | 36 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Career | 107 | 90 | 417 | 6,698 | 16.1 | 74 | 36 | 7 | -15 | -2.1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
Postseason
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
1981 | CIN | 3 | 3 | 9 | 159 | 17.7 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1982 | CIN | 1 | 1 | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 53 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
1988 | CIN | 3 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
Career | 7 | 4 | 21 | 354 | 16.9 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Awards and honors
Football
- 1980 First-team All-American
- 1983 First-team All-Pro[citation needed]
- Three-time Pro Bowl selection
- Academic All-America Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2001).
- University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame inductee
Broadcasting
- 17-time Sports Emmy Award winner (eight for Studio Analyst and nine for Field Analyst)[24]
- In 2023, he was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Collinsworth received a
On March 12, 2011, Collinsworth reportedly was among 83 people rescued from Jeff Ruby's Waterfront restaurant in Covington, Kentucky, when the floating restaurant tore loose from its moorings and began to drift on the Ohio River, only to be stopped by the Brent Spence Bridge that links Ohio to Kentucky.[30] Collinsworth also has a steak named after him by the same restaurant.[31]
See also
- 1980 College Football All-America Team
- History of the Cincinnati Bengals
- List of Alpha Tau Omega brothers
- List of Florida Gators football All-Americans
- List of Florida Gators in the NFL Draft
- List of University of Cincinnati people
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
- Double Doink, a phrase made famous by Cris Collinsworth
References
- ^ "Cris Collinsworth Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Cris Collinsworth wins 15th Emmy, gets animated".
- ^ Best, Neil (October 10, 2015). "Cris Collinsworth liked using Pro Football Focus, so he bought it". Newsday. Melville, New York. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015.
- ^ a b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Cris Collinsworth. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Abraham Lincoln Collinsworth's Obituary on FloridaToday". FloridaToday.
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Cris Collinsworth Archived February 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Astronaut High's Cris Collinsworth; Winner Of Multiple Emmy Awards, NFL Pro Bowler". spacecoastdaily.com. January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 82, 87, 91, 96, 99, 100, 124, 127, 139, 143–145, 147–150, 158, 159, 162, 165, 173, 180 (2011). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ "Gators Blitzkrieg Swamps Rice". Ocala Star-Banner. AP. September 18, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
- ^ "Spurrier Joins Gator Staff". The Naples Daily News. UPI. December 21, 1977. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ Otterson, Chuck (December 21, 1980). "Gators Roll To Victory In Tangerine". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved March 19, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results 1980–1984 Archived November 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ^ Norm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 95–96 (2007).
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, College Football, Cris Collinsworth Archived October 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ University of Florida, Student Affairs, Hall of Famers. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ Robbie Andreu & Pat Dooley, "No. 12 Cris Collinsworth," The Gainesville Sun (August 22, 2006). Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ "Seven to be inducted into UF Hall of Fame," The Gainesville Sun, p. 8C (April 4, 1991). Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1981 National Football League Draft. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Cris Collinsworth. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Green, Ted (January 23, 1982). "Center stage". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (Los Angeles Times). p. 2B.
- ^ "Super Bowl XVI - San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals - January 24th, 1982 - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ Shapiro, Leonard (September 17, 2008). "Collinsworth Finds New Life on Showtime's 'Inside the NFL'". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Cris Collinsworth Bio". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on December 25, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ Weprin, Alex (April 16, 2009). "Cris Collinsworth Tapped To Replace Madden". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on April 19, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ "Our Board of Directors". Jefferson Awards for Public Service. 2010. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ "Why Does Cris Collinsworth Slide in the NFL Booth?". November 18, 2019.
- ^ University of Notre Dame, Football, Roster, Austin Collinsworth Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ "Jac Collinsworth Joins ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown". August 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ Michael McCarthy, "Cris Collinsworth rescued from runaway floating restaurant," USA Today (March 12, 2011). Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ "Cris Collinsworth among 83 rescued". ESPN. March 12, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2013.