About Sterling Sharpe
Sterling Sharpe is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks, and played in the NFL from 1988 to 1994 with the Packers in a career shortened by a neck injury. He became an analyst for the NFL Network. He is the older brother of Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe. In 2025, Sterling Sharpe was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As a wide receiver at the University of South Carolina, Sharpe set school records with 169 career receptions and 2,497 receiving yards and a since-broken record of 17 career touchdowns. Sharpe was the first round, seventh overall, draft pick by the Packers in 1988 and had an immediate impact on the team. He also set the school record for single-season receiving touchdowns with 11, which was broken in 2005 by Sidney Rice. His sophomore season he led the league with 90 receptions, the first Packer to do so since Don Hutson in 1945, and broke Hutson's records for receptions and receiving yards in a season.
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