Chris Spielman

Biography

Chris Spielman is a former football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN covering college football.
Spielman is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he was a two-time All-American and winner of the Lombardi Trophy. He was drafted in the 1988 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. While in the NFL, he was a four-time Pro Bowler and played with the Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills, and Cleveland Browns. He retired in 1999 after suffering a neck injury.
His broadcasting career started in 1999, as an NFL studio-show analyst for Fox Sports Net. After two years with FSN, Spielman joined ESPN in 2001. He served as an analyst for college football broadcasts, as well as studio analysts for college football. He is now at Fox Sports as a NFL analyst.
He has also covered the Detroit Lions in the preseason, hosted a reality series on ESPNU, and had his own sports talk radio show.