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| Position | Guard | ||||||||
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| Born | (1959-11-02)November 2, 1959 (age 66) Oneonta, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 288 lb (131 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Oneonta | ||||||||
| College | Pittsburgh | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1981: 1st round, 20th overall pick | ||||||||
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Mark Eric May (born November 2, 1959) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aguard for 13 seasons in theNational Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. May playedcollege football for thePittsburgh Panthers and earnedunanimous All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the1981 NFL draft, and played professionally for theWashington Redskins,San Diego Chargers, andArizona Cardinals.
May became involved in broadcasting following his retirement from the NFL in 1993. Most notably, he was employed by ESPN between 2001 and 2017.[1][2]
At Oneonta High School inOneonta, New York, May earned eight varsity letters in football, basketball, and track. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2007.[3]
May attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he played for thePittsburgh Panthers football team from 1977 to 1980. As a senior in 1980, he was aunanimous first-team All-American and received theOutland Trophy as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman. As a part of the1980 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, he played with future NFL playersDan Marino,Dwight Collins,Rickey Jackson,Russ Grimm,Jimbo Covert,Bill Maas,Hugh Green, andTim Lewis. As a junior and a senior, May did not allow even onequarterback sack.[4] He earned the nickname "May Day" for "wreaking havoc on the opposing defensive ends."[5] After his senior season, May played in theHula Bowl and Japan Bowl all-star games.
Under the tutelage of head coachJackie Sherrill, May and his teammates led Pitt to a 39–8–1 four-year record, which included three top-10 finishes and four bowl games. The university retired May's jersey number (73) in 2001, and May became the eighth Pitt player to be so honored. He was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 2005, becoming the 23rd Pitt player or coach to earn the honor.[6]
In 1981, May donated $10,000 to Pitt's alumni sports fund to give back to the university.[7]
TheWashington Redskins drafted May with the 20th pick of the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft, and he playedguard for the Redskins from1981 to1990. He was a member of the famed "Hogs" offensive line, which was instrumental in the Redskins' victories in Super BowlXVII andXXII (though May was injured for Super Bowl XVII). He was named one of the 70 greatest Redskins of all time.[8] May started 115 games for the Redskins. He missed the 1990 season due to a knee injury.[9]
Following his tenure with the Redskins, May became aPlan B free agent. He signed with theSan Diego Chargers, playing asDave Richards' backup during the 1991 season.[10] He later played for thePhoenix Cardinals (1992–93), where he reunited withJoe Bugel, the Redskins' offensive line coach from 1981 to 1989, before his retirement in 1993.
For three years during the offseason, May took classes and sold cars at aFord dealership.[11]
In 1983, he co-wrote "Mark May's Hog Cookbook" which features recipes like "Hog Balls" (a mixture of pork sausage and cheddar cheese) and "Aunt Jeannette's Sweet Potato Pie." The last entry is for "Hog Quiche" (which reads, simply, "Hogs don't eat quiche").
In 2005, he co-wrote with author and close friend Dan O'BrienMark May's Tales from the Washington Redskins, a book detailing his experiences with the Washington Redskins.[12]
In 1994, May served as a color commentator for University of Pittsburgh football games forWTAE Radio in Pittsburgh.[13] In 1995, he was hired byTNT as a studio analyst on itsSunday Night Football broadcasts. In 1997, May became a game analyst for theSunday Night Football broadcasts on TNT.[14] After TNT lost the broadcasting rights toSunday Night Football following the 1997 season, May joinedCBS Sports in 1998 as a game analyst for itsNFL coverage from 1998 to 2001.[13] He also spent the 2000 season callingArena Football League games on the originalTNN Cable Network alongsideEli Gold andJill Arrington, which culminated with the inauguralaf2Arena Cup in 2000 between theTennessee Valley Vipers and theQuad City Steamwheelers.
In 2001, May joinedESPN as a football analyst and commentator oncollege football.[15] Along withLou Holtz, he was a regular on the popularCollege Football Scoreboard andCollege Football Final as well as appearing on pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage during the season, and onCollege Football Live in the off-season, and offers analysis onESPN2 andESPNews. He was also present in theNFL Live studio throughout the entire2007 NFL draft. While not a regular game analyst, he does occasionally broadcast games, as he did for ESPN's coverage of the2011 Poinsettia Bowl.
On June 1, 2015, ESPN announced that May would be leaving College Football Final and moved to another show on one of the other ESPN Networks. He was replaced byJoey Galloway.[16]
In 2001, May resided inSan Diego, California andOcean City, Maryland. He has a wife named Kathy and two daughters, Abra and Bryce.[17]
In January 1979, as a sophomore at Pitt, May was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, inciting a riot, and making terroristic threats. May reportedly was jumping on top of parked cars, threatening police officers and encouraging a crowd of onlookers to fight the officers.[18][19] He was found guilty of criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, while the other charges were dismissed.[20]
As a member of the Redskins, May was twice arrested forDUI. The second instance occurred in March 1990, and the first in 1985 inArlington, Virginia.[21]
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