Sean Salisbury

Sean Salisbury

Sean Salisbury in 1993
No. 8, 12
Position:	Quarterback
Career information
College:	Southern California
Undrafted:	1987
Career history
Seattle Seahawks (1986)* Indianapolis Colts (1987) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1988–1989) Minnesota Vikings (1990-1994) Houston Oilers (1994)* San Diego Chargers (1996) *Inactive and/or offseason member only
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup Champion (1988)

Richard Sean Salisbury (born March 9, 1963) is a former American ESPN football analyst, former NFL and CFL quarterback, and actor.

Early life

Salisbury attended Orange Glen High School in Escondido, California. During Sean's senior year at Orange Glen High School, he was a highly recruited quarterback, choosing USC over UCLA, BYU, Stanford, Notre Dame, Cal, Arizona, and Arizona State.

Many high school and college coaches felt Salisbury was a better basketball player than football player. Salisbury averaged 26.5 points per game his senior year and was a high school All-American basketball player. UCLA and USC both offered Salisbury basketball scholarships. In addition, Salisbury hit over .320 his senior year of high school on the Orange Glen baseball team, playing in the outfield as well as pitching.

Sean's brother Brett J. Salisbury is the author of the new book The Transform Diet.

Sean has three children, Dylan, Dodge, and Shea.

Professional career

During his ten-year career, Salisbury was a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers and Houston Oilers as well as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. In 1988, Salisbury led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a Grey Cup victory over Matt Dunigan and the BC Lions.

Broadcaster

After getting his start on the Comedy Central show BattleBots, Salisbury went on to become an NFL analyst on ESPN, appearing on SportsCenter and NFL Live. He was well known for his dislike of fellow analyst John Clayton. Clayton once famously got back at Salisbury, when, during an argument, Salisbury attempted to prove his point by telling Clayton, "You never played in the NFL." Clayton, noting that Salisbury spent most of his career as a backup quarterback on the sidelines (he received about a year's worth of NFL snaps in an eight-year career), fired back, "Neither did you!"

In 2004, Salisbury was offered a job with the Arizona Cardinals by his former coach and fellow co-worker at ESPN, Dennis Green, to become their new quarterbacks coach. Salisbury pondered for weeks, but eventually declined and stayed on with ESPN.

Salisbury was hired as a consultant for the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard. On the set, Sean taught Adam Sandler proper quarterback mechanics, cadences, and footwork. Sandler later offered Salisbury a role in the 2006 film, The Benchwarmers.

On May 9, 2006, Salisbury began broadcasting on ESPN Radio 1000, Chicago with Steve Rosenbloom. He also did guest spots on the ESPN Classic comedy program Cheap Seats, where he provided his signature breakdowns of the action in a more comedic manner. He has covered for Mike Golic on Mike and Mike in the Morning.

In 2007, Salisbury had his No. 12 football jersey retired at his alma mater, Orange Glen High School, an honor no other person in school history has ever received. "I can't believe I'm having my number retired like John Elway, Marcus Allen, Larry Bird or Magic Johnson," Salisbury said. "In my own little world, I will always cherish being the first at my high school to be honored like this."

On February 26, 2008 Salisbury's contract was not renewed by ESPN. Salisbury suggested, according to Profootballtalk.com, that he was unhappy with his salary and status compared to those analysts who were more prominent players in their NFL careers. Salisbury explained, saying that “I’d grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar,” He also complained that “analysts who don’t work as hard as me, don’t prepare as hard as me, and don’t have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football.”

Salisbury no longer works for OPENSports.com or CBS Radio in Dallas, KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan. The show aired 2 to 6 P.M. CST.

On September 23, 2009 emails were published by the website Deadspin.com in which Salisbury promised to sue the site for defamation and to "get his reputation back." The website, amongst others, had reported numerous times that Salisbury had been fired. [1]. Salisbury later admitted that the incident was true. [2]

On September 25, 2009 Salisbury provided the color commentary for the Lingerie Football League presentation of Friday Night Football. Broadcast on WBFS-TV and KDOC-TV; and streamed online[3]. The Dallas Desire defeated the Denver Dream 20-6.

External links

• Pro-Football-Reference.com - Career Stats