Mark Schlereth
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Mark Schlereth (born January 25, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former NFL guard and current football analyst for ESPN on NFL Live.
Mark Schlereth grew up in Anchorage, graduating from Robert Service High School in 1984. He accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Idaho from Dennis Erickson, where he played on the offensive line on the football team for head coach Keith Gilbertson, blocking for quarterback John Friesz.
Schlereth was selected in the tenth round (#263 overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He played twelve NFL seasons; six with Washington (1989-1994), and six with the Denver Broncos (1995-2000). He was a member of three Super Bowl championship teams.
Mark's daughter, Alexandria, is an actress featured on the MyNetworkTV series Desire.
Schlereth has had 20 knee surgeries, 29 overall.
Mark's nickname is Stink. He revealed on November 2, 2006, on ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning, that this nickname comes from his first season with the Broncos, when he told a story about his sister working in an Eskimo town in Alaska, where people cut the heads off of fish and consider the head a delicacy. These heads are known as Stinkheads. Schlereth was called Stinkhead that season, and this was later shortened to Stink. He also revealed on his 11/02/06 Mike & Mike appearance that due to the lack of restroom facilities on the sideline, during games he would urinate in his own pants.
[edit] External links
- Database Football.com Mark Schlereth
- Pro football stats Mark Schlereth
- NFL.com - 1989 NFL Draft - Mark Schlereth # 263
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