Boomer Esiason

Life and work

The story behind the role.

American football player.

Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason (; born April 17, 1961) is an American former National Football League (NFL) quarterback. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected in the second round of the 1984 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, where he spent 10 seasons. Esiason was also a member of the New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals. Esiason's most successful season was in 1988 when he won NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) and led the Bengals to an appearance in Super Bowl XXIII, which ended in a close defeat. He also received four Pro Bowl selections and one first-team All-Pro honor. After nine years in Cincinnati, Esiason spent three seasons with the Jets and one season with the Cardinals before returning to the Bengals for his final season in 1997. Since retiring from football, Esiason has worked as a football analyst for CBS Sports on The NFL Today and Showtime's Inside the NFL and was previously with ABC, HBO, and Westwood One. He also hosts the morning sports radio program Boomer and Gio on WFAN in New York.

Encyclopaedic excerpts from Boomer Esiason; shortened for length and available under CC BY-SA 4.0.