Cris Collinsworth is a former professional American football player and sports broadcaster. Born in Ohio, Cris started playing football right from high school, even becoming an All-American quarterback. Attending college on an athletic scholarship, he played college football, then went on to be drafted by the ‘Cincinnati Bengals’ upon graduation, with whom he spent his entire 8-year ‘National Football League (NFL)’ career. Upon his retirement from the NFL, he switched to a new profession-that of a sports broadcaster. He is a television sportscaster for NBC, Showtime, and the NFL Network. He has won 15 Sports Emmy Awards and is the owner of Pro Football Focus, a sports statistic monitoring service.