Esiason at pre-game show for (2007)No. 7Position:Personal informationBorn:( 1961-04-17) April 17, 1961 (age 58)Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Weight:220 lb (100 kg)Career informationHigh school:College:NFL Draft:/ Round: 2 / Pick: 38Career history. (–). (–).
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(1995). (1988)Career NFL statisticsPass attempts:5,205Pass completions:2,969Percentage:57.0–:247–184Passing yards:37,920:81.1Player stats atNorman Julius ' Boomer' Esiason (; born April 17, 1961) is an American retired and former network. During his 14-year career in the (NFL), he played for the,. Since retiring from playing, he has worked as a football analyst for, and, and currently for on and 's.
He also hosts the morning program on in New York. Contents.Early life Esiason was born and raised in. He got the 'Boomer' nickname before he was born.
His mother Irene, reacting to his constant kicking in the womb, called him 'Boomer,' and he has kept the name since. Irene, a singer, dancer and piano player, from whom he inherited his blond hair and blue eyes, died at the age of 37 of ovarian cancer when he was seven years old. His father Norman, a veteran of WWII, never remarried, and in spite of a three hour daily commute to New York City raised Esiason and his two sisters. His father was of and descent; grandmother Nora Ingrid Gulbrandsen was born in Norway and his grandfather Fritz Henning Esiason was born in Sweden. His father was the cousin of Norwegian actress and singer.He attended Timber Point Elementary and, where he graduated in 1979. In high school, he was a three-sport varsity player in football, basketball, and baseball. College football career Esiason played college football at the for head coaches and and offensive coordinator.
Maryland was the only college to offer him a scholarship. At Maryland, he set 17 school records. He completed 461 of 850 passes (54.2 percent) for 6,169 yards and 42 touchdowns with 27 interceptions. He was a two-time honorable mention All-American in 1982 and 1983.
In his final home game, he threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to lead a comeback victory over No. 3 and seal the ACC title. He graduated with a B.A. In 1984 and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999. Professional football career Cincinnati Bengals (1984–1992) Following his final year at Maryland, Esiason was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the with the 38th overall pick, surprisingly low considering his successful college career.
Draft analyst was, in Esiason's words, 'going ballistic' that he was still available in the latter stages of the first round. No quarterbacks were drafted in the first round; Esiason was actually the first quarterback selected, as had signed with the of the now-defunct. Esiason's USFL territorial rights were controlled by the.He got his first pro start on October 7, 1984, in Cincinnati in a game against the. On a rainy day, he led the Bengals to a 13–3 win over Houston and scored the game's only touchdown on a three-yard run.
He took over for as the Bengals' full-time starting quarterback on September 22, 1985, in a loss in Cincinnati to the and future Hall of Famer 44–41, becoming the signal caller on what was to become one of the most potent offenses of the late 1980s. He became particularly adept at running the difficult 'no huddle' offense devised by Bengal Head Coach.On December 21, 1986, the final game of the, he set a team record by throwing five touchdown passes as Cincinnati shot down the New York Jets 52–21. He also set the team single season passing record of 3,959 yards in this game. It was the last game of Bengals' quarterback Ken Anderson's playing career.After leading Cincinnati to six straight wins to begin the, on October 16, 1988 he set a single game team record throwing 5 interceptions in a 27–21 loss to the. The team finished the season 12–4 with the highest scoring offense in the NFL, securing the organization's fifth division title. He finished the season as the NFL's top rated passer. Cincinnati defeated and then in the playoffs to reach, their second appearance in a, a rematch with the.
In the game, Bengals cornerback dropped a sure interception in the end zone which would have sealed a Cincinnati win. The San Francisco 49ers, led by future Hall of Fame quarterback, marched 92 yards on their last drive and scored on a touchdown pass to receiver with 34 seconds remaining in the game. A last-ditch pass by Esiason to wide receiver was broken up, resulting in a 20–16 loss for the Bengals, their second close loss to the 49ers in a Super Bowl.On October 29, 1989, he tied his own record for touchdown passes in a game as the Bengals demolished the 56–23.
The Bengals tied a team record with eight touchdowns in the game.On October 7, 1990, he threw for 490 yards (a single game team passing record) in a 34-31 victory over the. New York Jets (1993–1995) Esiason, who had worked with Jets head coach in Cincinnati, was traded to the Jets for a third round pick in 1993 (which became linebacker ), subsequently guiding their offense until the end of 1995 under three different head coaches: Coslet,. During his 1995 season with the Jets, he was seriously injured in a game played on October 8 against the when rookie was whistled for a false start and of the Bills raced around him and caught Esiason under his face mask. Smith was terribly upset about Esiason's injury and said he never heard a whistle blowing the play dead for false start. That horrific collision gave Esiason a severe concussion, which kept him out until November 19. He is thought to have been the first NFL player to enter a concussion study during the season.
When he returned to the field it was coincidentally in a game that was played against the Bills.Arizona Cardinals (1996) After being released by the Jets, Esiason signed with the as a free agent in 1996. It was during this season, on November 10, 1996, that he threw for the fourth best passing yardage day in NFL history, with 522 yards in a 37–34 overtime victory over the.
Two weeks later he led a fourth-quarter comeback against the playoff-bound.Second stint with the Cincinnati Bengals (1997) Esiason contemplated retirement in the off-season, but was talked into playing one more season with the Bengals. He was surprisingly effective after replacing midway through the 1997 season, throwing for 13 touchdowns with only two interceptions and garnering a passer rating of over 106 for the season. The Bengals were 3–8 with Blake under center. With Esiason at quarterback, they won four of their last five games and scored over 30 points four times – twice they broke 40 points, in a 44–42 loss to the and a 41–14 rout of the.
The Bengals wanted Esiason to come back for two more years.On December 21, 1997, he played his last NFL game. His last play was a 79-yard touchdown play-action pass to wide receiver.
The touchdown proved the winner in a 16–14 victory over the. He finished the season with a 107 quarterback rating.NFL career statistics At his retirement in 1997 Esiason was among the most successful quarterbacks in NFL history, finishing in the top 10 in many statistical categories. Main article:In April 2007, after the firing of, CBS Radio gave Esiason a one-week 'try-out' as Imus' replacement on WFAN. The station announced him as the permanent host on August 13, with radio veteran joining as co-host. Boomer and Carton officially started on September 4, 2007. As an analyst with Westwood One, Esiason would do the Monday morning show, travel to do the Monday Night Football game and travel back to New York in time to do the Tuesday morning show. The Boomer and Carton radio program became the number-one rated morning show in all key demographics in the greater N.Y.
Listening area and was seen on the CBSN/TV Network from 2010–2013. On March 8, 2013, both Esiason and Carton worked the radio broadcast of a basketball game. The radio program had been simulcast on the since January 2014. In September 2017, after being arrested and facing charges of operating a concert ticket, Carton resigned from WFAN, leaving Esiason as the sole host of the show, which was rebranded The Morning Show with Boomer. On January 2, 2018, the show became, when Gregg Giannotti joined him as a permanent co-host.Personal life In 1986, Esiason married his wife, Cheryl. They have two children, son Gunnar and daughter Sydney. Sydney is married to forward.
While at a Jets mini-camp in 1993, Esiason was notified that two-year-old Gunnar had to be taken to the hospital with breathing difficulties. Soon after, Gunnar was diagnosed with. As of 2017 Gunnar is an extremely active 26-year-old graduate of who undergoes daily treatments and takes cystic fibrosis medications. He was a quarterback for his high school football team at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, NY, and played forward on his ice hockey team for the Manhasset/Roslyn varsity hockey team. Gunnar also writes a popular blog and appears daily in a podcast discussing the issues confronting cystic fibrosis patients.Esiason and his family have lived in, since at least 1998.Esiason is an avid devotee, and a die-hard fan of the. He is also a fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks. As of 2019, he plays in up to 70 recreational-league hockey games a year.
Gunnar and his father are teammates on their local hockey team. Esiason plays in the annual Mikey Strong Charity Hockey game with alumni. His foundation sponsors the annual Guinness Cup Hockey Tournament. Boomer Esiason Foundation The Boomer Esiason Foundation (BEF) was formed soon after Gunnar's diagnosis to fund research to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. The foundation also provides scholarships, transplant grants, hospital grants, and education and awareness of CF to help provide a higher quality of life for people with CF. The foundation has raised in excess of $100 million, and has supported numerous hospitals, including Cincinnati Children's Hospital with the Gunnar H Esiason CF/Lung Center and Columbia Presbyterian in NYC with the Gunnar H Esiason Adult CF and Lung Program.
In 2018 the foundation awarded over $400,000 in scholarships to almost 100 students. The foundation is located in New York City and runs numerous events around the country. The foundation annually receives four stars from.In 1996, Esiason formed a partnership with Cantor Fitzgerald and Howard Lutnick (CEO) as the foundation offices were moved to the of the in lower Manhattan on the 101st floor, which was destroyed in 2001 in the.
All five full-time employees survived, as none were in the building at the time, but 'Esiason figured he knew over 200 people personally' who were killed in the attack, including his best friend Tim O'Brien who was a partner at Cantor. See also.References. November 9, 2007, at the. Fabrikant, Geraldine (April 26, 1998). The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
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