1. Coy Michael Wire was born on November 7,1978 and is an American television anchor and correspondent as well as a former professional football player in the National Football League.
20 Facts About Coy Wire
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Coy Wire played six seasons for the Buffalo Bills from 2002 to 2007 and three seasons for the Atlanta Falcons from 2008 to 2010.
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Coy Wire attended Rice Elementary in the South Middleton School District.
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Coy Wire graduated from Cedar Cliff in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in 1997 where he set school records in both football and wrestling that have still not been broken.
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Coy Wire graduated from Stanford University and was the first player in modern school history to lead the team in rushing one year and tackles in another.
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Coy Wire was selected in the third round of the 2002 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.
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Coy Wire started 15 games at strong safety as a rookie.
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Coy Wire was voted a team captain in 2005 and selected by his teammates as the Bills' Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.
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Coy Wire signed with the Atlanta Falcons on July 25,2008.
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Coy Wire played in 47 of 48 games over three seasons with the Falcons before being released on September 2,2011.
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Coy Wire served as a game analyst, studio analyst and online writer for Fox Sports before joining CNN in 2015.
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Coy Wire appears regularly on CNN programs Early Start, New Day and CNN Newsroom, in addition to HLN programs Morning Express with Robin Meade and Weekend Express with Lynn Smith.
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Coy Wire contributes to CNN International's World Sport program and to CNN Digital on a broad range of crossover sports stories.
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In 2019, Coy Wire worked as a special assignment travel correspondent for CNN.
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On September 8,2022, Coy Wire was made anchor of seasonal news program CNN 10, replacing former host Carl Azuz.
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Coy Wire was raised by his parents, Rick and Jane Coy Wire.
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Coy Wire has a sister, Tiffany, and his brother, Casey, is a PGA certified teaching professional.
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Coy Wire's mother named him after the Japanese word for "love".
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Coy Wire wrote an inspirational book, Change Your Mind, which was published in 2011.
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Coy Wire has served on the board of directors at Make-A-Wish Georgia and has been a keynote speaker for organizations such as the US Military, UPS, and the US Department of Education.