76 Facts About Pat McAfee

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Patrick Justin McAfee is an American sports analyst, professional wrestling color commentator, Pro wrestler, and former football punter and kickoff specialist.

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Pat McAfee is currently signed to WWE, where he performs and serves as a color commentator for the SmackDown brand.

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Pat McAfee was a placekicker at West Virginia and drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft and played in the Super Bowl his rookie year in a loss to the New Orleans Saints.

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Over his eight-year career in the National Football League, Pat McAfee made two Pro Bowls and was an All-Pro in 2014.

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Pat McAfee 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.

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Pat McAfee served as a guest commentator for WWE's NXT TakeOver events in 2018, before signing a contract with the promotion in February 2019.

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Pat McAfee was born to Tim and Sally Pat McAfee on May 2,1987, in Plum, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Pat McAfee attended Plum High School, playing soccer, volleyball and football; and received collegiate interest for all three.

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Pat McAfee used the funds to finance a trip to Miami to participate in the final day of a national competition highlighting the best field goal kicking prospects in America.

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Pat McAfee made nine consecutive field goals, starting at 25 yards and moving five yards out each time.

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Pat McAfee narrowly missed a 70-yard field goal, with the ball missing to the right but with enough distance to make it.

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Pat McAfee earned the starting job at West Virginia as a freshman.

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Pat McAfee was 11-for-18 as a freshman on field goals, and had 70 kickoffs for the season, with 20 touchbacks.

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Pat McAfee started his junior season with a missed extra point against Western Michigan, ending his streak of 106 consecutive extra points.

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Pat McAfee finished the season in the Fiesta Bowl with a 2-for-4 performance, having one kick blocked by Oklahoma.

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Pat McAfee was named to the ESPN All-Bowl Team following the bowl season.

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Pat McAfee was named to the 2007 Lou Groza Award semi-finalist list for the best collegiate kicker.

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Pat McAfee earned Big East Special Team Player of the week honors three times in 2007 and was named second-team All-Big East.

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Pat McAfee earned West Virginia's Scott Shirley Award for the second consecutive year.

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Pat McAfee then tied the game as time expired with a 52-yard field goal, but the Mountaineers would lose in overtime.

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Pat McAfee finished his senior year with a career-best 44.7 yards per punt average, a Big East-leading 23 punts inside the 20-yard line, and a career-high 2,639 yards with a 65-yard long.

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Pat McAfee was named a finalist for the Ray Guy Award losing out to Matt Fodge.

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Pat McAfee started the Senior Bowl as the South team's kicker.

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Pat McAfee performed in the 11th annual State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge, winning the "round the world" kicking competition.

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Pat McAfee was drafted in the seventh round with the 222nd overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts.

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Pat McAfee handled punting and kick-off duties for the Colts in 2009, as well as holding for extra points and field goals, a position he had never played before.

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In 2009, Pat McAfee was part of the Indianapolis team that won the AFC South, the AFC Championship, and reached Super Bowl XLIV.

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Pat McAfee maintained a 46.6-yard punting average for the 2011 regular season, a mark he would better the following season by posting a 48.2-yard average on punts.

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On January 4,2014, Pat McAfee tweeted a photo with Colts teammate Andrew Luck in the background, almost completely nude.

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Pat McAfee was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September 2014.

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Pat McAfee led the NFL in punting average and touchbacks on kickoff, and converted the NFL's only two successful onside kicks in the first four weeks of the season.

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In Week 6, against the Houston Texans, Pat McAfee converted his third onside kick of the season, recovering the ball himself after it traveled the necessary 10 yards.

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On December 23,2014, Pat McAfee was selected to play in his first Pro Bowl, and on January 2,2015, he was selected by the Associated Press as the First Team All-Pro punter.

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In Week 3 of the 2015 season, Pat McAfee earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week against the Tennessee Titans.

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On December 20,2016, Pat McAfee was named to his second Pro Bowl.

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On February 2,2017, after eight seasons, Pat McAfee retired from the NFL and stated he intended to join Barstool Sports as a contributor.

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Pat McAfee cited his recent knee operation as a factor in his decision, as well as his fractured relationship with Colts' general manager Ryan Grigson.

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Pat McAfee himself added to the rumors by immediately tweeting a video of him punting after the Steelers released Dustin Colquitt without immediately signing a replacement.

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Pat McAfee announced his separation from Barstool Sports on August 31,2018, citing a lack of transparency with the business operations of the company as his reason for leaving.

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At first, PMI produced four podcasts, The Pat McAfee Show 2.0, That's Hockey Talk, Heartland Radio 2.0, and Good Bettor Bets.

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The deal with DAZN includes Pat McAfee streaming his podcast on the service three times per week, and appearances in NFL-related shoulder content in regions where DAZN holds streaming rights to the league.

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In September 2020, The Pat McAfee Show moved to Sirius XM's Mad Dog Sports Radio from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM on weekdays.

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In 2021, Pat McAfee announced plans to move PMI's base of operations to a former United Methodist Church in Lawrence, Indiana.

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On November 24,2018, Pat McAfee made his college football broadcasting debut on Fox, calling a college football game between Baylor and Texas Tech.

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On July 29,2019, Adam Schefter announced via Twitter that Pat McAfee would be joining ESPN as the color analyst for their Thursday Night College Football broadcasts, alongside Matt Hasselbeck.

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The news came after Pat McAfee had auditioned for ESPN's Monday Night Football after Jason Witten's return to the Cowboys, though ESPN decided to retain its booth as-is.

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In September 2022, it was announced that Pat McAfee would be returning to ESPN.

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Pat McAfee serves as a full-time analyst on College Gameday.

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Pat McAfee will serve as an analyst for ESPN's coverage of the Rose Bowl, the College Football Playoff, the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl.

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Pat McAfee is a part of Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions college football alternate telecasts on ESPN2.

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Pat McAfee has appeared as a guest twice on Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli.

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Pat McAfee's show "The Pat McAfee Show" will be airing on ESPN after a blockbuster deal leaving FanDuel previously.

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Pat McAfee has described co-host Bob Kevoian as one of his best friends during an interview on the Off the Air Podcast hosted by sports commentator Chick McGee.

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In 2018, Pat McAfee made his professional baseball debut for the Washington Wild Things as a right-fielder and guest first base coach.

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Pat McAfee was a sideline reporter for the XFL for some of its games in 2020.

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WarPig controlled much of the match but, Pat McAfee hit him with a low blow and a superkick, securing an upset victory.

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Nine years later, in March 2018, Pat McAfee was present at an NXT show in Indianapolis, where he prevented Adam Cole from winning by disqualification in his match against Aleister Black.

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In June 2017, Pat McAfee briefly trained as a professional wrestler with Rip Rogers, which was filmed for Barstool Sports.

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Pat McAfee later appeared at NXT TakeOver: Chicago II, NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 and NXT TakeOver: WarGames.

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Pat McAfee then began hosting live watch-along of WWE's pay-per-views on YouTube, beginning with Fastlane, alongside a number of WWE wrestlers.

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Backstage at the event, Pat McAfee got into an argument with Michael Cole, when Cole had criticized him for wearing tuxedo shorts.

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Pat McAfee threatened to quit on the spot and was sent to another room while the situation was dealt with.

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Pat McAfee's storyline included his own stable named The Kings of NXT, which included Pete Dunne, Ridge Holland, Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan.

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The feud between Undisputed Era and Kings of NXT concluded at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, where Pat McAfee's team was defeated.

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On March 3,2022 on The Pat McAfee Show, McAfee would interview Vince McMahon, in which McMahon would offer McAfee a match at WrestleMania.

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At the 2023 Royal Rumble, Pat McAfee made a surprise return for commentary right before the men's Royal Rumble match began to a largely positive reception from the crowd, and even his commentary partner, Michael Cole.

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Pat McAfee didn't make another appearance until WrestleMania 39, challenging The Miz to a match, and then going on to win in under 4 minutes after Snoop Dogg made the match official.

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On October 20,2010, Pat McAfee was arrested and charged with public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor.

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Pat McAfee had been allegedly found shirtless and wet, and alleged to have swum in a canal in Broad Ripple, a popular nightclub area in Indianapolis, at approximately 5:15 that morning after being reported by a woman who found him near her car.

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Two weeks after being arrested, Pat McAfee issued an apology for his actions.

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On February 5,2016, Pat McAfee became a Guinness World Record holder by successfully kicking a 40-yard field goal while blindfolded.

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The record was surpassed two years later when Davis Brief, a fan of Pat McAfee's, kicked a 45-yard field goal while blindfolded on September 23,2018.

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Pat McAfee became engaged to his girlfriend, Samantha Ludy, in February 2019.

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Pat McAfee is good friends with fellow wrestler and fellow former football player Thomas Pestock, best known by his ring names Baron Corbin, King Corbin, and Happy Corbin.

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In November 2011, Pat McAfee cut his hair for Locks of Love, an organization that provides hairpieces for under-privileged children who are suffering from long-term illness.

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In 2020, Pat McAfee donated $200,000 to the Barstool Fund, a charity started by Dave Portnoy to provide relief to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.