Cris Collinsworth Biography
Cris Collinsworth a former professional American Football player. He was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. Moreover, Collinsworth is the owner of Pro Football Focus that monitors sports statistics.
Cris Collinsworth Age
Collinsworth was born on January 27, 1959, in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Cris Collinsworth Family
Collinsworth was born and raised by his father, Abraham Lincoln “Abe” Collinsworth, and mother, Donetta Browning Collinsworth.
Cris Collinsworth Married and Children
Collinsworth is married to Holly Bankemper and together are parents to Austin Collinsworth, Katie Collinsworth, Jack Collinsworth, Ashley Collinsworth. His family lives in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Cris Collinsworth College Career
Collinsworth palyed for the high school team as All American Quarterback. He is as well the state champion of Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A 100-yard-dash.
He as well played for the University of Florida in the position of first-run quarterback. He thereafter got promoted by his coach him to the position of wide receiver. He served as the senior captain on the 1980 Gator team.
On his freshman year, Florida had struggled back in 1977, so coach Dickey transferred him to a more balanced pro-set attack for 1978. Florid’s offense did not improve enough to save the jobs of Dickey. He got rolled to a new role as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1978, 1979, and 1980.
He got inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a Gator Great back in 1991. The Gainesville Sun as well recognized him as the No.12 all-time Gator player as part of the recognition of 100 years of Florida football in 2006.
Professional Football Career
He started off his professional career as a Cincinnati Bengals player, having played for eight years. he got named to Pro-Bowl three times in 1981, 1982, and 1983. He got advantaged for his height had a great advantage with an intense threat to the opponents.
He as well signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Bandits of USFL. He though had a bad ankle, his contract was voided. Again, he got back to the Bengals and completed eight seasons.
Broadcasting Career
Just after having retired, he started his broadcasting career as a sports radio talk show host. He began as a talk show host on Cincinnati station. He thereafter become a reporter for HBO’s Inside the NFL in 1989.
Back in 1998, he joined the NFL on Fox group after NBC lost their transmission rights to CBS. Having served long as a color commentator on the Fox NFL Sunday pregame show, He got appointed to the organization’s lead game telecom group (cooperating with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman) in 2002.
He then chipped away at Fox’s Super Bowl XXXIX broadcast three years after the fact. He as well hosts the network show Guinness World Records Primetime during his stay at Fox.
Back in 2009, he filled the color-commentator role vacated by John Madden on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, and as of 2020, he is in his twelfth season of the high-profile telecast.
Afterward, in 1990 he was a part of the NBC network’s NFL broadcasts. Similarly, in 1998, Collinsworth joined the NFL on the Fox team. Working as the color commentator for Super Bowl LII, where he endured reaction because of his alleged one-sided discourse to the Patriots.
Cris with his mike
On the 2 scores that prompted replay surveys, Collinsworth shared that both would be upset even though both stood. He got condemned after neglect to see Zach Ertz turned into a sprinter.
He as well said that he abandoned the replay surveys. His fans were not satisfied with his editorial. Al Michaels safeguarded his after some two days saying that it was the principles to blame and not Collinsworth.
Cris Collinsworth – Net Worth & Salary
Cris Collinsworth has an estimated net worth of $14 million.
Cris Collinsworth – Honors and Awards
He earned a Sports Emmy Award back in 1998 named “Outstanding Studio Analyst.” Apart from this, the Academic All-America Hall of Fame inducted Cris in 2001.
He as well earned Sports Emmy Awards two times back in 2003 and 2004 respectively as an “Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Analyst.” Similarly, he was again recognized with the same award in 2006.
Cris Collinsworth Highlights and awards
- 1981- 1983: 3× Pro Bow
- 1983: First-team All-Pro
- 1981, 1982, 1985: 3× Second-team All-Pro
- 1980: First-team All-American
- 1987-1980: 3× First-team All
- Athletic Hall of Fame, University of Florida
Cris Collinsworth – Foundation
Collinsworth gives back to society having initiated the Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund (CCPF a non-profit organization founded in 2002 and based in Cincinnati, United States. The organization aims to fight breast cancer by providing support, education, and early detection services, including free mammograms, to women. For this purpose, they organize Pink Ribbon Programs.
The orgarnization as well aims to empower children by fostering self-esteem, critical thinking, and sportsmanship through the game of chess. They organize the Queen City Classic Chess Programs.
Cris Collinsworth – Company
Cris Collinsworth has a football data and analysis company named Pro Football Focus. The company features every player’s performance from each play they take part in. He as well remembers being a paying subscriber of Pro Football Focus, up to 2012 when he developed a curiosity about how the company functions.
He later contacted the company, asking them whether they are coaches or someone else. Neil Hornsby, who as well indulged in the company since then, called Collinsworth.