Sept. 10, 2009
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., - Former Penn State All-American Kyle Brady has joined the Big Ten Network as an analyst. Brady teams with Rick Pizzo on the set for Big Ten Football Saturday: Pre-Game Show, which airs at 10:30 a.m. ET every Saturday before the network's 12:00 p.m. games.
The program airs live from one of the Big Ten institutions hosting a game that day.
A native of Camp Hill, Pa., Brady earned first team All-America honors as a senior in 1994 as a critical member of one of the most prolific offenses in college football history. The former Cedar Cliff High School standout made 27 receptions for 365 yards and two touchdowns during his senior season to help the Nittany Lions become the first Big Ten team to earn a 12-0 record, capped by a Rose Bowl win over Oregon.
The first team All-Big Ten tight end in 1993 and 1994, Brady helped Penn State lead the nation in total offense (520.2 ypg) and scoring offense (47.8 ppg), which is the ninth highest scoring average in NCAA Division I-A history. Penn State's 48.1 scoring average in Big Ten games remains a conference record.
Selected by the New York Jets with the ninth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft, Brady played four seasons in New York and eight years in Jacksonville (1999-2006) before joining the New England Patriots in 2007. In 207 career regular season games, he had 343 receptions for 3,519 yards (10.3) and 25 touchdown catches. He retired after the Patriots' appearance in Super Bowl XLII.
Another former Nittany Lion gridiron standout, All-America wide receiver Kenny Jackson, is a sideline reporter for the Big Ten Network. He was a member of the announce team that called last week's Penn State-Akron telecast.
The Big Ten Network is televising at least four Penn State football games this season, including Saturday's clash with Syracuse. Kickoff is at 12:00 p.m. and the game can be heard on the Penn State Sports Network and www.GoPSUsports.com. The No. 7/5 Nittany Lions (1-0) are hosting old rival Syracuse (0-1) for the first time since 1990.
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