From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scot Brantley
Scot Brantley
Scot Brantley where he played high school football for the Forest Wild-
No. 52 cats. Brantley was a starting linebacker on the Wildcats
varsity as a freshman,[3] and as a junior and senior, he
Linebacker
was a member of the Wildcats’ 1974 and 1975 Florida
Personal information Class 3A high school state championship teams. Brantley
was twice named a high school All-American by Parade
birth:
Date of birth February 24, 1958 (1958-02-24)
magazine, and was one of the mostly highly sought-after
birth:
Place of birth Chester, South Carolina college recruits in the country in 1975. He was also a
High School Forest High School
School: standout outfielder for the Wildcats baseball team, and
Ocala, Florida was drafted by the New York Mets despite having already
signed with the Florida Gators to play college football.[4]
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 230 lb (104 kg)
In 2007, thirty-one years after he graduated from
Career information high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association
(FHSAA) recognized Brantley as one of the "100 Greatest
College:
College University of Florida
Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school foot-
Draft:
NFL Draft 1980 / Round: 3 / Pick: 76 ball.[5]
Debuted in 1980 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Last played in 1987 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers College career
Brantley received an athletic scholarship to attend the
University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he
Career history
played for coach Doug Dickey and coach Charley Pell’s
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1980–1987) Florida Gators football teams from 1976 to 1979.[6] Brant-
ley was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Career highlights and awards
selection in 1977 and 1978 and received honorable men-
• First-team All-SEC (1977, 1978) tion All-American honors in 1977 and 1978.[6] His senior
• Honorable mention All-American (1977, 1978) season in 1979 was cut short by a brain injury after he
• University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
was knocked unconscious in the Gators’ first home
Interceptions 8 game,[7] which was a severe blow to a team in the first
year of a coaching transition.[8] Brantley led the Gators in
Fumbles recovered 4
tackles during the 1976 and 1978 seasons, and his career
Quarterback sacks 5 total of 467 tackles still ranks second on the Gators’ all-
Stats at NFL.com time records list.[6]
Brantley was previously inducted into the University
Stats at pro-football-reference.com of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com 1990,[9][10] and the Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame in
2010.[11]
Scot Eugene Brantley (born February 24, 1958) is an
American radio and television sports broadcaster and Professional career
former college and professional football player who was
a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for After his college career, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers se-
eight seasons in the 1980s. Brantley played college foot- lected Brantley in the third round (seventy-sixth pick
ball for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft,[12] and he played line-
played professionally for the Tampa Buccaneers of the backer for the Buccaneers for his entire eight-year NFL
NFL. career from 1980 to 1987.[13] Brantley became a regular
starter in his third season in 1982, played in 114 games,
started in seventy-one of them, and had eight intercep-
Early years tions in his career.[1]
Brantley was born in Chester, South Carolina in 1958.[1]
He attended Forest High School in Ocala, Florida,[2]
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Life after the NFL Florida High School Athletic Association (December
4, 2007). Retrieved August 26, 2011.
Following his professional football career, Brantley pur- [6] ^ 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University
sued a career in sports broadcasting. He has served on Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 87, 96,
the Gator Radio Network as both a color analyst during 153, 179 (2011). Retrieved August 26, 2011.
games and an analyst during pre-game, half-time and [7] Jack Hairston, "Scot Brantley’s Career Is Over,"
post-game shows. Brantley also spent ten seasons as the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, p. 1C (September 26, 1979).
broadcast partner of Gene Deckerhoff on the Buccaneers Retrieved August 26, 2011.
Radio Network. He now hosts a daily radio show on [8] Norm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The
WHBO in Tampa, Florida every weekday afternoon.[14] History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing,
Brantley’s broadcasting career has had ups and LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 95 (2007).
downs. The Gators and Buccaneers both unexpectedly [9] F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved
dropped him from their broadcast booths after the 2004 August 26, 2011.
and 2005 seasons, respectively, after he had spent seven [10] "Sports Briefs: UF Lettermen’s Hall will induct four
years in each of those positions.[15][16] Hardy Nickerson April 6," The Gainesville Sun, p. 4C (March 15, 1990).
replaced him for the Buccaneers broadcasts,[16] while Lee Retrieved August 26, 2011.
McGriff took his spot when he returned to the Gators [11] Gary Smits, "Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame to induct
broadcasts after spending several years alongside Mick four players," Florida Times-Union (June 10, 2010).
Hubert in the 1980s and 1990s.[15] Brantley’s previous ra- Retrieved August 26, 2011.
dio show on WQYK-AM was also canceled due to format [12] Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1980
changes with the station.[14] National Football League Draft. Retrieved August
Brantley suffered two small strokes in 2008, and lost 26, 2011.
most of his sight in his left eye as a result.[17] He was [13] National Football League, Historical Players, Scot
forced to take a leave of absence from his radio broad- Brantley. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
casting responsibilities while recovering from the [14] ^ Sharon Ginn, "Local radio brings aboard well-
strokes and subsequent heart surgery.[18] known voices," St Petersburg Times, p. 8C (June 23,
2006). Retrieved August 26, 2011.
Gator football family [15] ^ Antonya English, "McGriff replaces Brantley as
UF color analyst," St. Petersburg Times (February 26,
Brantley’s nephew, John Brantley, IV, is the Florida Ga- 2004). Retrieved August 26, 2011.
tors’ starting quarterback for the 2010 and 2011 college [16] ^ Joanne Korth, "Nickerson rejoins Bucs as color
football seasons.[19] His brother, John Brantley, III, was analyst," St. Petersburg Times (May 17, 2006).
the Gators’ starting quarterback in 1978.[19] Retrieved August 26, 2011.
[17] Alan Schwarz, "Ex-Gator’s Concussion Sheds Light
See also on Tebow’s," The New York Times (October 8, 2009).
Retrieved August 26, 2011.
• Florida Gators [18] Pat Dooley, "Gator Nation showing support for Scot
• Florida Gators football, 1970–1979 Brantley," The Gainesville Sun (June 20, 2009).
• History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Retrieved August 26, 2011.
• List of Florida Gators football players [19] ^ Jon Mahoney, "Gator genes: John Brantley will
continue a great tradition at Florida," Sports
References Illustrated (January 25, 2007). Retrieved August 26,
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[3] Greg Larson, "Wildcat Frosh Starts At Linebacker: History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC,
Brantley Will Never See Jayvees," Ocala Star-Banner, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0794822983.
p. 2B (October 12, 1972). Retrieved August 26, 2011. • Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida’s
[4] Jim Smith, "Boston, Auburn: Forest’s Nichols In Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St.
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[5] "FHSAA unveils ’100 Greatest Players of First 100 of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports
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• McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin’ Gators: A History of Short de- American college football player, profes-
University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, scription sional football player, linebacker, sports
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN broadcaster
978-0-7385-0559-6.
Date of February 24, 1958
• Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The
birth
Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports
Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN Place of Chester, South Carolina, United States
1-57167-196x. birth
Persondata Date of
death
Name Brantley, Scot
Place of
Alternative Brantley, Scot Eugene; Brantley, Scot E.
death
names
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