Pat McAfee

Patrick Justin McAfee (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.

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

He attended Plum High School where he played varsity soccer, volleyball and football.

He received collegiate interest for each sport.

He was a national Punt, Pass, and Kick champion by the time he was a sophomore in high school.

During his senior year in high school, using $1,400 that he won at an illegal poker game, he traveled to Miami to participate in a national field goal competition.

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

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

He was then approached by Tony Gibson, West Virginia's recruiting coordinator, who offered him a scholarship.

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

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

McAfee's most memorable moment came against Louisville in a 46–44 triple-overtime win, which was reached after a successful McAfee onside kick.

The onside kick gave running back Steve Slaton the chance to tie the game with a one-yard touchdown run.

Although they had losses to Louisville and USF, the Mountaineers won 10 games and were victors in the Gator Bowl over Georgia Tech.

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

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

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

McAfee missed two relatively short field goals in WVU's 13–9 loss to a Pitt Panthers team with only four wins; ultimately taking the Mountaineers out of the BCS National Championship Game.

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

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

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

McAfee began his senior year in a 48–21 season-opening victory over Villanova in which he kicked two field goals, including a career long of 52 yards, six extra points, and two punts.

In the following 27–3 win over Marshall, McAfee became the school record holder for all-time scoring with a field goal, passing Slaton.

He went two for two on-field goals to move to third place for the Big East record of career field goals made in a 34–17 victory over Auburn.

Against Cincinnati on November 8, the Mountaineers trailed by 13 points with 1:11 left in regulation, but reduced the deficit to 3 points with a safety, touchdown, and two-point conversion, all in less than a minute.

McAfee's onside kick was recovered with 18 seconds remaining.

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, before signing a contract with the promotion in February 2019.

During 2020, he feuded with Adam Cole, making his WWE NXT in-ring debut at TakeOver XXX in a loss to Cole.