Howie Long

A National Football League Hall of Famer widely regarded as one of the best defensive linemen in NFL history, Howie Long has spent more than a decade analyzing pro football for Fox NFL Sunday.  In 1997, he received the Emmy for his work as Outstanding Sports Personality/Analyst and has appeared on ESPN’s Up Close, HBO’s Inside the NFL and NFL Diary, and NBC’s NFL Live.  Long spent his entire 13-year pro-football career with the Oakland Raiders and holds the team record with eight Pro Bowl selections.  He currently is an active member of his community, giving his time to numerous charitable organizations.

Expert Analysis

• One of today’s top NFL studio analysts
• 1997, received Emmy Award for work as Outstanding Sports Personality/Analyst
• 1995, entered into a film agreement with Twentieth Century Fox, appearing in Broken Arrow (1995) and Firestorm (1998)
• 1994 - present, studio analyst for Fox NFL Sunday
• 1992-93, segment host of ESPN’s Up Close
• Has appeared on HBO’s Inside the NFL and the weekly NFL Diary, NBC’s NFL Live and Costas Coast to Coast

Professional Career

• 2000, inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame
• Regarded as one of best defensive linemen in NFL history
• Played his entire 13-year career with Raiders
• Holds Raiders’ team record with eight Pro Bowl selections
• Holds AFC Pro Bowl Record with nine career sacks
• 1986, 1984, named Defensive Lineman of the Year
• 1985, named Seagram’s Defensive Player of the Year
• 1984, NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year by NFL Alumni Association
• 1982, helped Raiders to a Super Bowl XVII win over Washington Redskins by posting a career-best 13 sacks and registering five tackles
• 1981, drafted by Raiders
• Four-year letterman in football at Villanova as a defensive lineman
• All-East and honorable mention All-America as a senior while also becoming a champion boxer as an undergraduate 

Personal

• 2000, named Walter Camp Man of the Year
• Graduated from Villanova University with a degree in communications
• Howie and his wife, Diane, have three sons, Howie, Chris, and Kyle
• He is an extremely active member of the Charlottesville, VA community
• Founding National Chairman for Athletics & Entertainers for Kids
• Former Chairman for Heart, a charity to aid battered women and children
• Received the West Coast’s Father’s Day Council “Father of the Year” award
• In 2003, became a member of the American Cancer Society’s Public Awareness Council
• Established a scholarship fund at Villanova in honor of his grandmother to benefit underprivileged children from the Boston area, and hosts a golf tournament each year to raise funds to benefit this scholarship