American sports analyst and football player (born 1987)
American football player
Pat McAfee
McAfee in 2023
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Position:
Punter, Kickoff specialist
Personal information
Born:
(1987-05-02) May 2, 1987 (age 37) Plum, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:
233 lb (106 kg)
Career information
High school:
Plum (PA)
College:
West Virginia (2005–2008)
NFL draft:
2009 / Round: 7 / Pick: 222
Career history
Indianapolis Colts (2009–2016)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pro (2014)
2× Pro Bowl (2014, 2016)
PFWA All-Rookie Team (2009)
First-team All-American (2008)
NFL record
Highest career net average punting yards: 41.1[1]
Career NFL statistics
Punts:
575
Punting yards:
26,669
Punting average:
46.4
Longest punt:
74
Inside 20:
193
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Patrick Justin McAfee (/ˈmækəfiː/MA-kə-fee; born May 2, 1987) is an American sports analyst, professional wrestling color commentator, as well as a former football punter, and kickoff specialist. McAfee is an analyst on ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football. He also hosts The Pat McAfee Show live on YouTube. The show is also licensed across the ESPN platforms. He is also currently signed with WWE as the color commentator for Monday Night Raw, as well as an occasional wrestler.
McAfee was a placekicker for the West Virginia Mountaineers. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played in Super Bowl XLIV in his rookie year, where the Colts lost against the New Orleans Saints. McAfee made two Pro Bowls, and he was an All-Pro in 2014, during his eight-year career in the National Football League (NFL).
Since retiring from football in February 2017, McAfee has been a football analyst. He was a guest host for Fox Sports' college and NFL broadcasts in late 2018, before being announced as part of ESPN's Thursday Night College Football team in July 2019. In addition, he makes regular appearances for Get Up!. He currently licenses The Pat McAfee Show to the ESPN network, which then simulcasts the show on ESPN+.
McAfee served as a guest commentator for WWE's NXT TakeOver events in 2018,[2] before signing a contract with the promotion in February 2019.[3][4] During 2020, he feuded with Adam Cole, making his WWE NXT in-ring debut at TakeOver XXX in a loss to Cole.
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specialist. McAfee is an analyst on ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football. He also hosts The PatMcAfee Show live on...
The PatMcAfee Show is a three-hour daily sports talk show hosted by PatMcAfee on ESPN, ESPN+, ESPN's YouTube channel, and McAfee's own YouTube channel...
chairman Vince McMahon defeating SmackDown commentator PatMcAfee in an impromptu match after McAfee had defeated Austin Theory, marking McMahon's first...
American Championship in a ladder match, and Adam Cole defeated PatMcAfee, which was McAfee's WWE in-ring debut. TakeOver was a series of professional wrestling...
year's WrestleMania prior to WrestleMania 36 in 2020. WWE commentator PatMcAfee also hosted a live edition of his eponymous ESPN afternoon show at WWE...
his teammates. During the NFL season, Rodgers frequently appears on The PatMcAfee Show. One such interview in 2021 made headlines after Rodgers made several...
of Keith Lee vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship, Adam Cole vs. PatMcAfee, Io Shirai vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women's Championship, a ladder match...
Pro Era and, along with other PatMcAfee Show co-hosts, will be a playable character in WWE 2K24 as part of the "PatMcAfee Pack" DLC. Butler hosts The...
McMahon into having himself accompany him to his interview with PatMcAfee to no avail. On the March 4 episode of SmackDown, Theory confronted McAfee...
United States Championship. The event also included the in-ring return of PatMcAfee, who wrestled his first match since the 2022 SummerSlam, as well as the...
Kayla Braxton Marcelo Rodríguez Michael Cole Mike Rome Moein Al Bastaki PatMcAfee Peter Rosenberg Sam Roberts Scott Stanford Vic Joseph Wade Barrett Ambassadors...
AJ Styles, Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn in an Anything Goes match, PatMcAfee vs. Austin Theory, Bobby Lashley vs. Omos". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved...
downs. A fake punt, it saw most of the Colts players (including punter PatMcAfee) move from their positions to line up on the other side of the field,...
AJ Styles, Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn in an Anything Goes match, PatMcAfee vs. Austin Theory, Bobby Lashley vs. Omos". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved...
April, Distefano was also featured on The PatMcAfee Show, hosted by the athlete and sports commentator PatMcAfee. Distefano dated comedian Carly Aquilino...
Kayla Braxton Marcelo Rodríguez Michael Cole Mike Rome Moein Al Bastaki PatMcAfee Peter Rosenberg Sam Roberts Scott Stanford Vic Joseph Wade Barrett Ambassadors...
broadcast on ESPN, the Megacast coverage featured Field Pass hosted by The PatMcAfee Show on ESPN2, the Command Center feed with multiple angles and live statistics...
2023, the Rock made a surprise return to SmackDown, in a segment with PatMcAfee and Austin Theory, who Rock took out within the segment. This marked his...
forewent a single host due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. PatMcAfee delivered an opening monologue, notably including a diss towards former...
show made headlines on February 2, 2017, after Indianapolis Colts punter PatMcAfee announced during a segment of that night's episode that he was retiring...