28 Facts About Brandon Short

Brandon Darrell Short was born on July 11,1977 and is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League.

Brandon Short played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning consensus All-American honors in 1999.

Brandon Short is currently Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Round Hill Capital in London and a member of the Pennsylvania State University's board of trustees.

Brandon Short attended McKeesport Area High School, where he played high school football for the McKeesport Tigers.

Brandon Short lettered four times in both football and basketball.

Brandon Short was named to the USA Today list of Top 25 high school players in the country, a high school All-American and was the 1995 Big 33 Most Valuable Player.

Brandon Short attended Penn State University, where he was a four-year starter and two-time captain for coach Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lions football team.

Brandon Short was named defensive MVP of the 1998 Citrus Bowl, and All-Big Ten as a senior and junior.

Brandon Short led the team with 103 tackles and four sacks that season.

Brandon Short played on five snaps as a true freshman in Penn State's first game with Texas Tech.

Brandon Short started eight regular season games and was in for 563 snaps.

Brandon Short anchored a defense that while bending and giving up some yardage, managed to hold six teams to 17 points or less.

Brandon Short recorded 12 tackles for losses, tied for second on the team, with 2.5 sacks, an interception and three pass breakups.

Brandon Short earned team Defensive MVP honors in the Citrus Bowl.

Brandon Short led the Lions resurgence and topped the squad in tackles en route to first-team All-Big Ten honors.

Brandon Short recorded 67 tackles with 15 tackles for -42 yards.

Brandon Short tied his career high with 10 stops at Minnesota, including a career best 3 sacks to earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, and ABC Player of the Game honors.

Brandon Short earned his Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Penn State in 1999.

Brandon Short was involved in an infamous 2002 training camp cafeteria fistfight with teammate Jeremy Shockey.

Brandon Short was in the news again after he broke New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington's wrist during a tackle in the 2003 Giants-Jets preseason game.

Brandon Short signed as a free agent with the Carolina Panthers in 2004, and appeared in all 32 games at strongside linebacker with Carolina in 2004 and 2005.

Brandon Short tallied 70 tackles and helped the Panther's defense collect 38 take-aways, which tied a team record.

Brandon Short returned to the New York Giants in April 2006, signing as a free agent.

Brandon Short earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2010, and began working for Goldman Sachs that year.

Brandon Short moved to the firm's Dubai unit in 2012.

Brandon Short left Goldman Sachs in April 2013 to co-found World Business Partners UAE, a Middle East lender specializing in loans for small- and medium-sized companies which comply with Islam's ban on interest, along with the religion's bans on investments in alcohol, firearms, and other products.

In 2015, Brandon Short moved to London where he joined Cerberus Capital Management.

In 2018 Brandon Short was elected to the Pennsylvania State University's board of trustees.