Ron Pitts
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 14, 1962 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Orchard Park (NY) | ||||||||
| College: | UCLA | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1985 / Round: 7 / Pick: 169 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 1990 | |||||||||
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| Games played: | 66 |
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| Games started: | 6 |
| Interceptions: | 7 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Ronald Dwayne Pitts (born October 14, 1962) is a former professional American football player and current sportscaster. He played cornerback in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers, and played college football at UCLA.
Pitts has worked as a sportscaster and entertainment reporter, and currently works for CBS Sports Network on its college football coverage as a fill-in play-by-play announcer, and as a co-host for the syndicated news magazine OK!TV.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Pitts is the son of Elijah Pitts, a running back with Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers and later a longtime assistant coach in the NFL. The family lived in southern California in the mid-1970s and moved to the Buffalo area in 1978, where he played football at Orchard Park High School and graduated in 1981.
Pitts played college football back in southern California at UCLA under head coach Terry Donahue. Following his senior season in 1984, he played in the Japan Bowl in January, where he intercepted a Mike Tomczak pass late in the game and returned it 99 yards for a touchdown to seal the win for the West team.
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