Willie Gault Willie James Gault ( born September 5 , 1960 ) is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic athlete . Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders . He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX , and was also a member of the U . S . Olympic team that boycotted the 1980 Olympics . Gault is considered one of the fastest NFL players of all - time . He is currently pursuing a career as an actor . Biography . College and olympics . Gault was born in Griffin , Georgia . A star in both football and track at the University of Tennessee , Gault was part of a world record - setting 4 x 100 meter relay team , a 110 meter hurdler who would have gone to the 1980 Summer Olympics if the United States had not boycotted the event ( he did attend the Liberty Bell Classic , where he won a bronze medal in the 100 meter race ) and a bobsledder ( he made the American Olympic team on one occasion ) . He was an All - America n wide receiver in 1982 . Willie Gault averaged almost 24 yards per kick return and scored 4 touchdowns in 78 attempts , including 3 in 1980 . His personal records are 13 . 26 at 110 meters hurdles and 10 . 10 at 100 meters . NFL career . Gault was drafted in 1983 , played with the Bears until 1988 and then was traded to the Los Angeles Raiders ( now Oakland Raiders ) . Gault was the prototypical " speed merchant " , meaning his greatest asset was his pure straight line swiftness . He was the primary long - pass threat on a team known as one of best defensive teams in history . In Super Bowl XX , Gault had four receptions for 129 yards , and four kickoff returns for 49 yards . He was also featured on the Super Bowl Shuffle . Gault finished his 11 NFL seasons with 333 receptions for 6 , 635 yards . He also returned 9 punts for 60 yards , rushed for 154 yards , returned 45 kickoffs for 1 , 088 yards , and scored 45 touchdowns ( 44 receiving and 1 kickoff return ) . After retiring as a player . Gault retired in the early 1990s and is pursuing an acting career in Hollywood . He portrayed Willie the Sweeper in the NBC series " the Pretender " . Willie also had an appearance on the sitcom Still Standing playing himself as the father of Tina ' s friend . He ' s had a few appearances on " Ned ' s Declassified School Survival Guide " playing himself alongside sportscaster Van Earl Wright and most recently was featured in the series finale . He also was in an episode of MTV ' s Parental Control pursuing his acting career . In Season 4 Episode 8 of Friday Night Lights the Dillon Lions radio color - man is named Willie Gault as a tribute . During Super Bowl XLIV , Gault joined other members of the 1985 Chicago Bears in resurrecting the Super Bowl Shuffle in a Boost Mobile commercial . Gault has been active at the highest levels of Masters athletics . On June 24 , 2006 , Gault set a world record of 10 . 72 seconds in the master ' s 100 meters , in the division for athletes aged 45 to 49 . On April 26 , 2008 , Gault ( at age 47 ) set a new world record of 21 . 80 seconds in the M45 - 49 age - group for 200m . Gault has continued as a competitor , winning the M50 - 54 age - group 100 meter final at the 2011 Masters World Track and Field Championships in Sacramento , CA on July 9 , 2011 with a time of 10 . 96 seconds into a 0 . 5 headwind , just one one - hundredth of a second over the world record for his age group , 10 . 95 seconds . Pop Culture References . Willie Gault is the answer for the seemingly impossible audio clip in the 2011 WFAN Mike Francesa Super Bowl Trivia Contest .