- Brandon Short
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1977|7|11
Birthplace=flagicon|USAMcKeesport, 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=
HOF=Brandon Darnell Short (born
July 11 ,1977 inMcKeesport, Pennsylvania ) is a former professionalAmerican football linebacker in theNational Football League . He was an All-American at Penn State and played inSuper Bowl XXXV .NFL
A 4th-round pick of the
New York Giants (#105 overall) in the2000 NFL Draft , the 6'3", 253 lb., Short was a reserve as a rookie and appeared inSuper 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, arookie , refused to sing his collegefight song —a training camphazing 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 'swrist 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 theCarolina 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 theNew York Giants in April 2006, signing as afree 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 teammateLavar Arrington were the first teammates to be chosen as finalists for theButkus Award as the nation’s toplinebacker . Together they made up one of the most fearsome linebacker duos ever to play at "Linebacker U", capping their senior season with a 24-0shutout of Texas A&M in the 1999Alamo Bowl . Short led the team with 103 tackles and 4 sacks.Short earned his
Bachelor of Science degree in marketing fromPenn State University in 1999.High school
Short was named
Associated Press Pennsylvania Big School Player-of-the-Year as a senior atMcKeesport Area High School inMcKeesport, Pennsylvania after compiling 171 tackles, eight sacks, twointerception s and leading the team to the class AAAA state championship and a 15-0 record. He lettered four times in both football andbasketball .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
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