American football player and commentator (born 1961)
American football player
Boomer Esiason
Esiason in 2007
No. 7
Position:
Quarterback
Personal information
Born:
(1961-04-17) April 17, 1961 (age 63) East Islip, New York, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:
224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:
East Islip
College:
Maryland (1979–1983)
NFL draft:
1984 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (1984–1992)
New York Jets (1993–1995)
Arizona Cardinals (1996)
Cincinnati Bengals (1997)
Career highlights and awards
NFL Most Valuable Player (1988)
NFL Man of the Year (1995)
First-team All-Pro (1988)
4× Pro Bowl (1986, 1988, 1989, 1993)
Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor
Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniversary Team
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts:
5,205
Passing completions:
2,969
Completion percentage:
57.0
TD–INT:
247–184
Passing yards:
37,920
Passer rating:
81.1
Player stats at PFR
Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason (/əˈsaɪ.əsən/; born April 17, 1961) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected in the second round of the 1984 NFL Draft by the Bengals, where he spent 10 non-consecutive 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 was also named to four Pro Bowls and one first-team All-Pro. 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.
Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason (/əˈsaɪ.əsən/; born April 17, 1961) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League...
Boomer and Gio (previously Boomer and Carton from 2007–2017 and The Morning Show with Boomer in 2017) is a morning drive sports radio program on WFAN-AM...
season, quarterback BoomerEsiason and head coach Sam Wyche had openly feuded, and the team finished with a miserable 4–11 record. Esiason and Wyche worked...
on the rebound. During the strike-shortened 1987 season, quarterback BoomerEsiason and head coach Sam Wyche had openly feuded, and the team finished with...
Dial Global's announcers (Kevin Harlan, BoomerEsiason, Dan Fouts, and Ian Eagle) are employed by CBS and Esiason is a contributor to CBS Sports Radio....
that failed to make the AFC playoffs in 1986. Third-year quarterback BoomerEsiason, who had the best season of his career, passed for a team-record 3,959...
their first annual Charity Day event. The event featured Harry Carson, BoomerEsiason, and Mariano Rivera and raised money for the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief...
in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati. Sam Wyche, Bengals head coach BoomerEsiason QB, AFC Pro-Bowl Selection Rodney Holman TE, AFC Pro-Bowl Selection...
fellow cast members from The NFL Today: Dan Marino, Deion Sanders, and BoomerEsiason. This would be the final Super Bowl game Greg Gumbel would call; as...
Terrapins football team. He was both backup to and roommate of starter BoomerEsiason for three years. The biggest highlight of Reich's college career was...
Today, was hosted by James Brown and featuring analysts Dan Marino, BoomerEsiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher. A special episode of Elementary would...
substitute analyst on Monday Night Football games when regular analyst BoomerEsiason is unavailable. In 2018, Warner became the full-time radio analyst....
He previously co-hosted Boomer and Carton on WFAN and later CBS Sports Network from 2007 to 2017. During its 10-year run, Boomer and Carton became the most...
John Elway Jerry Rice Jerry Rice Jerry Rice — — 1988 BoomerEsiasonBoomerEsiasonBoomerEsiason Roger Craig — — 1989 Joe Montana Joe Montana Joe Montana...
roastmaster Barbara Walters 2013 Jack Black, roastmaster Bob Saget 2014 BoomerEsiason, roastmaster Jeff Garlin 2015 Terry Bradshaw, roastmaster Joel McHale...
blatantly off-topic". WFAN hosts Gregg Giannotti and BoomerEsiason, during their radio show Boomer and Gio, were more negative about the initial broadcast...
Alex: The Life of a Child. Rutledge Hill Press. ISBN 1558535527. "BoomerEsiason: His fight against his son's illness". USA Weekend Magazine. October...
Amidst a year that saw him start just 11 games (with others filled by BoomerEsiason), Blake threw for 2,125 yards with 8 touchdowns and 7 interceptions...
football team. Annie Murphy Bill Romanowski Bill Parcells Brian Bosworth BoomerEsiason Craig Carton Chuck Liddell Chad Johnson Clay Travis Dan Patrick Stacy...
Dierdorf Lynn Swann and Lesley Visser Brent Musburger Dick Vermeil and BoomerEsiason Brent Musburger XXX January 28, 1996 NBC Dick Enberg Phil Simms and...
Dan Marino and BoomerEsiason, as well as former coach Bill Cowher. In the 2004 NFL regular season, Sharpe defeated Marino and Esiason in the pick 'em...
coverage, hosted by The NFL Today team of James Brown, Shannon Sharpe, BoomerEsiason and Dan Marino, began at noon ET with NFL Films' "Road to the Super...
quarter. With this win he became the first Bengals quarterback since BoomerEsiason to win three of his first four starts. On April 23, 2024, Browning re-signed...
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