“I do think I had a big advantage for the first four years I was in broadcasting, that no one really saw me. One of the big disadvantages superstar players have is they go right to the 'A' game, or the studio. I got the obscurity, making mistakes, learning from them and surviving them.”

American former professional football player and sports broadcaster

Cris Collinsworth is an American former professional football player and sports broadcaster. Born in 1959, he spent eight seasons as a wide receiver in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals, and later became a familiar television analyst. He played college football for the Florida Gators and earned first-team All-American honors. Beyond his broadcasting work for NBC, Showtime, and the NFL Network, he is also the majority owner of Pro Football Focus and has won 17 Sports Emmy Awards.