On-air Talent

Former NFL wide receiver Sterling Sharpe begins his ninth season with NFL Network after joining at the network's kickoff in November 2003.

During NFL Network's Thursday Night Football schedule, Sharpe, alongside analysts Kurt Warner, Jay Glazer and host Fran Charles can be seen on Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears from Los Angeles. In conjunction with the on-site pregame team of Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci and Deion Sanders, Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears provides live analysis, interviews and commentary two hours prior to all eight of the Network's live, regular season matchups.

Sharpe can also be seen with Joe Theismann, Brian Baldinger, Mike Mayock and Brian Billick on Playbook, the ultimate NFL "Xs and Os" program utilizing the same "all 22" game film that coaches and players use to preview all of the upcoming games.

Previously, Sharpe spent seven years as an NFL analyst for ESPN and one season with NBC.

Sterling is the older brother of former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe, an eight-time Pro Bowler three-time Super Bowl champion and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2011. Shannon played 14 years in the NFL for the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens and ranks second all-time in receptions (815) and yards (10,060) among tight ends. Sterling had the honor of presenting his brother for induction into the Hall of Fame and the journey of the Sharpe brothers from a life of crippling poverty to successful NFL careers was chronicled in the documentary Sharpe Focus: Journey to Canton on NFL Network this past August.

As a standout NFL wide receiver, Sharpe never missed a game in seven stellar NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers. His 595 career receptions rank second in Packers history. Sharpe led the NFL in catches three times, touchdown catches twice and receiving yards once.

A five-time Pro Bowl selection, Sharpe had five 1,000-yard seasons. From 1992-94, Sharpe joined with Brett Favre to form one of the most prolific tandems in NFL history. The duo combined for 300 receptions, 3,696 yards and 41 touchdowns. Sharpe was the first receiver in NFL history to post at least 300 receptions in a three-season span and was the first player in NFL history with consecutive 100-catch seasons (1992-93).

Sharpe was the Packers' first-round draft choice in 1988 from the University of South Carolina where he set a then-school record for single-season touchdown receptions with 10 in 1986, since broken in 2005 by current Vikings WR Sidney Rice. Sharpe remains second atop the Gamecocks all-time receiving leaders with 2,497 yards (169 receptions).