Coy Wire

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Coy Wire
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Position: Linebacker / Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1978-11-07) November 7, 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
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Career information
High school: Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania)
College: Stanford
NFL draft: 2002 / Round: 3 / Pick: 97
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2000)
  • First-team All-Pac-10 (2001)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Coy Wire (born November 7, 1978) is a former professional football player in the NFL who joined CNN Sports in 2015 as a full-time anchor and correspondent. From his home base at CNN Center, Wire anchors daily Bleacher Report segments, covers events and serves as an expert contributor across all platforms. He appears regularly on CNN programs Early Start, New Day and CNN Newsroom, in addition to HLN programs Morning Express with Robin Meade and Weekend Express with Lynn Smith. He also contributes to CNN International's World Sport program and to CNN Digital on a broad range of crossover sports stories.

Wire's many field assignments include on-the-ground coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the College Football Playoff Semi-Finals and National Championship games, and Super Bowl 50. With his athletic career as a backdrop, Wire wrote an inspirational book, Change Your Mind, which was published in 2012. He then served as a game analyst, studio analyst and online writer for Fox Sports [1] before joining CNN.

Early life and family

Wire graduated from Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in 1997[2] where he set school records in both football and wrestling that have still not been broken. In 1995, his father, Rick, founded Dynamite Sports, a company that guides student athletes and their families through the recruiting process.[3] His mother, Jane, is a software analyst. He has a sister, Tiffany, and his brother, Casey, is a PGA certified teaching professional.[4]

College career

Wire graduated from Stanford University, and was the first player in modern school history to lead the team in rushing one year and tackles in another.[5]

NFL career

Buffalo Bills

Wire was drafted in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft (97th overall) by the Buffalo Bills. He started 15 games at strong safety as a rookie.[6]

Following the signing of Lawyer Milloy in 2003,[7] Wire became a full-time special teams player and was named Buffalo's Special Teams Player of the Year twice.[8] Wire was voted a team captain in 2005[9] and selected by his teammates as the Bills' Walter Payton Man of the Year.[8] After suffering a neck injury in 2008 that required surgery to insert a titanium plate and four screws into his neck,[10] Wire was released by the Bills.

Atlanta Falcons

Wire signed with the Atlanta Falcons on July 25, 2008. He played in 47 of 48 games over three seasons[6] with the Falcons before being released on September 2, 2011. While with the Falcons, Wire was named a team captain and selected by his teammates as the franchise recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award in 2010.[11]

NFL stats

Year Team Games Combined Tackles Tackles Assisted Tackles Sacks Forced Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Passes Defended
2002 BUF 16 96 71 25 3.0 0 0 1
2003 BUF 16 28 24 4 1.0 0 0 2
2004 BUF 12 25 14 11 1.0 0 1 0
2005 BUF 13 9 6 3 0.0 1 0 0
2006 BUF 16 23 13 10 0.0 0 0 0
2007 BUF 7 4 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
2008 ATL 16 34 28 6 0.0 0 0 1
2009 ATL 16 17 15 2 0.0 1 2 1
2010 ATL 15 12 8 4 0.0 0 1 0
Career 127 248 182 66 5.0 2 4 5

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Personal

Community Work

Wire has served on the board of directors at Make-A-Wish Georgia[13] and has been a keynote speaker for organizations such as the U.S. Military, UPS, and the U.S. Department of Education.[14]

Personal life

Wire resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Claire, who owns a home design and renovation company.[15]

References

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