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| Position | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born | (1958-08-14)August 14, 1958 (age 67) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | The Haverford School(Haverford, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||
| College | Boston College | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1981: 10th round, 265th overall pick | ||||||||
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Michael Francis Mayock Sr. (born August 14, 1958) is an American former professionalfootball executive and player in theNational Football League (NFL). He played as asafety with theNew York Giants. After his playing career, he was a draft analyst for theNFL Network, and a game analyst forNBC's coverage ofNotre Dame football. He served as thegeneral manager of theLas Vegas Raiders from 2019 to 2021.
Mayock playedhigh school football atThe Haverford School inHaverford,Pennsylvania, andcollege football (andbaseball) atBoston College. He was selected as a safety by thePittsburgh Steelers in the tenth round of the1981 NFL draft, as the 265th overall pick. He was waived during first roster cuts on August 18, 1981.[1] After his release, he signed with the CFL'sToronto Argonauts during the 1981 season. He played in just one game before being released. He returned to the NFL with theNew York Giants for the 1982 and 1983 football seasons.
In 1982, he played in the first two games of the season before theplayers' strike caused the cancellation of the next eight games. When the players returned on November 21, Mayocktore his rotator cuff in a game against theWashington Redskins, and was placed oninjured reserve on November 24, 1982.[2]
Mayock was placed on injured reserve again before the start of the1983 season on August 30,[3] after undergoingarthroscopic knee surgery. He was activated from the list on October 16, 1983.[4] He played in one game before he was placed on injured reserve again on October 24, 1983.[5] He was activated from the injured reserve list after clearing procedural waivers on November 19, 1983.[6] He played in the remaining five games of the season thereafter. He was waived by the Giants on July 27, 1984.[7]
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After an 18-year career in commercial real estate, Mayock broke into broadcasting covering college football forPrime Network, NCAA Productions, Prime Sports Radio and theBig East Conference. Later he went toESPN where he worked as an analyst and sideline reporter for the cable network's coverage of theCanadian Football League and college football from 1993 to 1995.[8] He moved from ESPN toCBS Sports in 1996 as a member ofSEC on CBS' broadcast team—during which time he served as both a game analyst (1996, 1997 and 1999) and lead sideline reporter (1998). Mayock also worked as a reporter for CBS'scoverage of theNCAA basketball tournament in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
In 2000, he moved toFox Sports Net where he called college football action. Between 2001 and 2004, Mayock served as a college football analyst forABC Sports. For example, in 2002, he worked withTerry Gannon, then he worked withDerrin Horton, and, finally, he worked withDr. Jerry Punch as the sixth-announcing team. From 2004 to 2018, Mayock worked with the NFL Network where he did his most notable work while a broadcaster.
He was thecolor commentator for theMinnesota Vikings preseason games for several seasons. From 2015 to 2018, Mayock commentated on thePhiladelphia Eagles preseason television broadcasts alongside play-by-play announcer Scott Graham and sideline reporter Dave Spadero.
Mayock was an analyst forNFL Network and hosted the showPath To The Draft during the draft season as a draft guru.
In2010, Mayock replacedPat Haden as the color commentator for NBC's coverage ofNotre Dame football, teaming with play-by-play announcerTom Hammond. On January 8, 2011, Mayock teamed with Hammond to callNBC's coverage of theWild Card playoff game between theNew Orleans Saints andSeattle Seahawks in what was later referred to as theBeast Quake game.[9] This was his firstNFL Playoffs game as a broadcaster.
On January 5, 2012, Mayock commentated the AFC wild card game between theCincinnati Bengals andHouston Texans.[10]
Mayock calledThursday Night Football on theNFL Network withBrad Nessler from 2011 through 2013. In February 2014, the NFL announced thatCBS Sports and the NFL Network would share and co-produce the Thursday Night package, using the No. 1 CBS announce team ofJim Nantz andPhil Simms for the entire season,[11] replacing Nessler and Mayock.
Mayock was replaced byDoug Flutie as color commentator of Notre Dame football, beginning with the 2015 season.[12]Currently Mike Mayock works as an analyst for select games on Westwood One.
On December 31, 2018, Mayock was hired to be thegeneral manager of theOakland Raiders.[13] One of Mayock's first breakthroughs as general manager was trading forPittsburgh Steelers wide receiverAntonio Brown. In his first draft with the team, Mayock used the team's three first-round picks onClelin Ferrell,Josh Jacobs, andJohnathan Abram. Mayock was involved in a heated verbal exchange with Brown during a practice session prior to the start of the 2019 NFL season, in which Brown insulted Mayock as a "cracker". The altercation allegedly stemmed from an Instagram post in which Brown displayed a letter from Mayock that detailed approximately $54,000 in fines for absences during training camp, which led to Brown being released and later signing with theNew England Patriots.[14]
On January 17, 2022, the Raiders released Mayock after the team's first playoff game since 2017. The Raiders' overall record with Mayock was 25–24 in the regular season and 0–1 in the playoffs. Some of the Raiders' best picks during Mayock's tenure came after Round 1 includingTrayvon Mullen (who was traded for a 7th round pick in 2022[15]),Maxx Crosby, andHunter Renfrow in 2019—andDivine Deablo andNate Hobbs in 2021.[16] None of Mayock's first round picks in the 2020 and 2021 NFL drafts (Henry Ruggs, Damon Arnette, and Alex Leatherwood) lasted a little more than a year with the team and did not play a single game since January 2023.[17] Mayock has claimed he was fired, in part, for his belief thatRich Bisaccia should have been retained as head coach.[18]
Mayock has two children, Leigh and Mike Jr., the latter of whom played football atVillanova. He also has two stepchildren. He resides in the Philadelphia Area with his wife Amanda and their rescue dog Willow.[19]