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Position: | Offensive Guard | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | November 2, 1959 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Oneonta, New York | ||||||||
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High school: | Oneonta (NY) | ||||||||
College: | Pittsburgh | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 | ||||||||
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Games played: | 158 |
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Games started: | 141 |
Fumble recoveries: | 5 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Mark Eric May (born November 2, 1959) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. May played college football for the University of Pittsburgh and earned All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers, and Phoenix Cardinals. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN.
At Oneonta High School in Oneonta, New York, May earned eight varsity letters in football, basketball, and track. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2007.
May attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he played for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team from 1977 to 1980. As a senior in 1980, he was a consensus first-team All-American and received the Outland Trophy as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman. As a part of the 1980 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, he played with future NFL players Dan Marino, Jimbo Covert, Bill Maas, Hugh Green, and Tim Lewis. As a junior and a senior, May did not allow even one quarterback sack. He earned the nickname "May Day" for "wreaking havoc on the opposing defensive ends." After his senior season, May played in the Hula Bowl and Japan Bowl all-star games.