Brandon Short

NFL player


DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1977|7|11
Birthplace=flagicon|USA McKeesport, PA
Position=Linebacker
College=Penn State
DraftedYear=2000
DraftedRound=4 / Pick 105
PFR=
years=2000-2003
2004-2005
2006
teams=New York Giants
Carolina Panthers
New York Giants
ProBowls=
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Brandon Darnell Short (born July 11, 1977 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was an All-American at Penn State and played in Super Bowl XXXV.

NFL

A 4th-round pick of the New York Giants (#105 overall) in the 2000 NFL Draft, the 6'3", 253 lb., Short was a reserve as a rookie and appeared in Super Bowl XXXV. He was a starter his next three seasons with the Giants.

Short's biggest claim-to-fame may be his infamous 2002 training camp cafeteria fistfight with teammate Jeremy Shockey. The two players brawled after Shockey, a rookie, refused to sing his college fight song—a training camp hazing ritual. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E7D61E3BF931A3575BC0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all] [http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8362182/Strahan-answers-all-the-tough-questions]

Short was in the news again after he broke New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington's wrist during a tackle in the 2003 Giants-Jets preseason game. Pennington would miss the first six games of the 2003 season. [http://www.nysun.com/sports/with-umenyiora-out-giants-could-call-strahan/84533]

Short signed as a free agent with the Carolina Panthers in 2004, and appeared in all 32 games at strongside linebacker with Carolina in 2004 and 2005, He tallied 70 tackles and helped the Panther's defense collect 38 take-aways, which tied a team record. He returned to the New York Giants in April 2006, signing as a free agent.

He is currently an NFL analyst for Daily News Live, a current T.V. show with NY media panels who analyze NY sports on the SNY Network in NYC. He analyzes every Giant and Jet game on Monday afternoons.

College

Short was a four-year starter at Penn State. He earned All-America honors as a senior in 1999.He was named All-Big Ten as a senior and junior. He and teammate Lavar Arrington were the first teammates to be chosen as finalists for the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker. Together they made up one of the most fearsome linebacker duos ever to play at "Linebacker U", capping their senior season with a 24-0 shutout of Texas A&M in the 1999 Alamo Bowl. Short led the team with 103 tackles and 4 sacks.

Short earned his Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Penn State University in 1999.

High school

Short was named Associated Press Pennsylvania Big School Player-of-the-Year as a senior at McKeesport Area High School in McKeesport, Pennsylvania after compiling 171 tackles, eight sacks, two interceptions and leading the team to the class AAAA state championship and a 15-0 record. He lettered four times in both football and basketball.

External links

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2414281 "Short returns to Giants to join linebacking corps"] ESPN.com, April 19, 2006
* [http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/press/2003releases/042903a.htm Lettiere joins with Giants linebacker Brandon Short to record safety PSA] New Jersey Department of Transportation press release, April 28, 2003