Steve McNair

Steve McNair

McNair with the Ravens in 2007
No. 9
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1973-02-14)February 14, 1973
Place of birth:	Mount Olive, Mississippi
Date of death:	July 4, 2009(2009-07-04) (aged 36)
Place of death:	Nashville, Tennessee
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mount Olive (MS)
College:	Alcorn State
NFL Draft:	1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans (1995–2005) Baltimore Ravens (2006–2007)
Career highlights and awards
3× Pro Bowl (2000, 2003, 2005) Second-team All-Pro (2003) NFL Most Valuable Player (2003) Walter Payton Award (1994)
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT: 174–119 Passing yards: 31,304 Passer rating: 82.8 Rushing yards: 3,590 Rushing touchdowns: 37 Player stats at NFL.com

External video

McNair at Alcorn State

McNair with the Tennessee Titans

McNair's retirement press conference

Stephen LaTreal McNair (February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009), nicknamed Air McNair, was an American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He spent a majority of his career with the Houston/Tennessee Oilers – Tennessee Titans and also played for the Baltimore Ravens.

McNair played college football at Alcorn State in Lorman, Mississippi, where he won the 1994 Walter Payton Award as the top player in NCAA Division I-AA. He was drafted third overall by the NFL's Houston Oilers in 1995, becoming the Oilers' regular starting quarterback in 1997, their first season in Tennessee (though he started six games over the prior two seasons in Houston), and remained the starting quarterback for the Titans through 2005. After the 2005 season, McNair was traded to the Baltimore Ravens, with whom he played for two seasons before retiring after thirteen NFL seasons.

McNair led the Titans to the playoffs four times, and the Ravens once, and played in Super Bowl XXXIV with the Titans. McNair was selected to the Pro Bowl three times, was All-Pro and Co-MVP in 2003, all as a Titan.

On July 4, 2009, McNair was fatally shot by his mistress, Sahel Kazemi, in a murder–suicide.

McNair was born in a small tin roofed house in Mount Olive, Mississippi, and attended Mount Olive High School as a freshman in the fall of 1987, where he played football, baseball, and basketball in addition to running track. As a junior, McNair led Mount Olive to the state championship. McNair also played free safety in high school, and in 1990 alone, he intercepted fifteen passes, raising his career total to 30, which tied the mark established by Terrell Buckley at Pascagoula High School. An All-State selection, McNair was named an All-American by Super Prep magazine.