Cris Collinsworth

Collinsworth has been married to Holly Collinsworth since June 3, 1989. They have four children. He lives in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

His son Austin Collinsworth played football at the University of Notre Dame. His son Jac Collinsworth became a sports broadcaster and joined NBC Sports as an on-air commentator.

Collinsworth played quarterback at Astronaut High School in Titusville, Florida, before attending the University of Florida. In his first collegiate attempt, he threw a 99-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Gaffney against Rice, a play that remains tied for the longest touchdown pass in NCAA history.

Florida moved him from quarterback to wide receiver in 1978, with Steve Spurrier serving as his position coach. Collinsworth earned first-team All-SEC honors in 1978, 1979, and 1980, as well as first-team All-American and Academic All-America recognition in 1980. He graduated with a degree in accounting in 1981 and later earned a law degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1991.

The Cincinnati Bengals selected Collinsworth in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft. He spent all eight seasons of his NFL career with the Bengals, making the Pro Bowl in 1981, 1982, and 1983. He surpassed 1,000 receiving yards four times, in 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986.

Collinsworth played in Super Bowls XVI and XXIII and helped the Bengals win AFC Championships in 1981 and 1988. He finished his NFL career with 417 receptions, 6,698 receiving yards, and 36 touchdowns in 107 games. His playing career ended after the 1988 season, with a herniated back disk cited as the reason for his retirement.

After leaving the NFL, Collinsworth began broadcasting as a sports radio host at Cincinnati station WLW. He joined HBO's Inside the NFL as a reporter in 1989 and moved into studio broadcasting the following season. He first joined NBC Sports in 1990 as an analyst for NFL and college football coverage.

Collinsworth joined Fox Sports in 1998 and became part of the network's lead NFL broadcast team with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in 2002. He returned to NBC in 2006 as a studio analyst for Football Night in America and became the game analyst on Sunday Night Football in 2009, initially working with Al Michaels and later with Mike Tirico. He has also contributed to Olympic coverage, Inside the NFL, NFL Network broadcasts, and the Madden NFL video game series.

Collinsworth has won 17 Sports Emmy Awards, including awards for studio analysis and event analysis. He was inducted into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2023.

His other honors include induction into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame and selection to the Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniversary Team. He was also a senior captain of Florida's 1980 team and was named MVP of the 1980 Tangerine Bowl.