Sterling Sharpe (born April 6, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football wide receiver and an analyst for the NFL Network. He attended the University of South Carolina, and played from 1988 to 1994 with the Green Bay Packers.
His younger brother, Shannon Sharpe, was one of the NFL's top tight ends from the 1990s through the early 2000s. Shannon retired in 2003 and, once again, followed in his brother's footsteps, becoming a sportscaster.
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He ended his career short with a neck injury after the 1994 season, but in his tenure as a wide receiver he was named All-Pro five times (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1994).
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Former NFL Wide Receiver who was a first round pick by The Green Bay Packers in 1988. In 1992, he and the new quarterback, Brett Favre, teamed up to become one of the top passing tandems in the league. In the final game of that season, he and Favre hooked up for a touchdown pass, making it his 107th reception of the season, breaking Art Monk's record that had been set in 1984, but, in the 1993 season, he broke it again with 112 receptions making him the first player to catch over 100 passes in two straight seasons.