Dan Sileo Donato " Dan " Sileo ( born January 3 , 1963 in Stamford , Connecticut ) is a sports radio personality and former professional football player . Sileo started his sports career at Stamford Catholic High School ( now Trinity Catholic ) in Stamford , Connecticut . He is the highest drafted NFL player from Stamford , where he led Catholic High to two straight city crowns , was named All City three times and was also named 1st team All - State in football by the CIAC and 2nd team All - State by the New Haven Register . Sileo made the Adidas High School All American football team in 1981 . Before his current career , had a short NFL career as a defensive lineman , playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and appearing in preseason games for the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys . Sileo transferred once during his college career . He started at Maryland , where as a freshman he played in 10 games and broke NFL Hall of Famer ( and former Terp ) Randy White ' s freshman bench press record with a 435 - pound press . Sileo was a member of the University of Maryland ' s 1983 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship football team . He then went to the University of Miami Hurricanes . In 1986 , Sileo led the Hurricanes defensive line in solo tackles with 50 and 97 total and tackles for loss with 13 and third in sacks with 6 and first in fumbles with 8 . In Sileo ' s games in 1986 vs . Florida and Florida State , Sileo would register 24 tackles 3 sacks and 5 tackles for loss . He was also the leading tackler in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl , where Sileo started the game off with a QB sack of Penn State QB John Shaffer ; Miami fell 14 - 10 to Penn State with over 70 million viewers watching the Fiesta Bowl with a 24 . 9 share and 25 . 1 % of housholds tuned in . He made All South and was an All - America honorable mention and 2nd team All American by Sport magazine in 1986 . He was named to the Sporting News preseason All American team in 1987 . Sileo in 1987 was a " Sporting News " preseason Outland Trophy & Lombardi Trophy candidate . Sileo was named to " Sports Illustrated " ' s All - Time College Football Walk - On Team in 1992 . Sileo ran out of his five - year eligibility for NCAA play after the 1986 season . On September 6 , 1987 , two days after the NCAA deemed him ineligible , Sileo claimed that because he had not entered the 1986 NFL Draft , he was a free agent ; he proceeded to sign with the Buccaneers . The NFL declared the contract invalid and put him in the 1987 NFL Supplemental Draft . Although Sileo initially sued the NFL and the Bucs to honor his original contract , he eventually submitted to the Supplemental Draft , where the Bucs selected him in the third round ( 59th overall ) . Sileo is the second - highest drafted defensive lineman in Supplemental Draft history . Sileo spent his entire NFL career as a backup and special teams player . The only regular season games he played in were during the 1987 season . Sileo was named to the NFL ' s Honorable Mention All - Rookie Team . He eventually played for the Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football in 1992 , where he was a first team All - League , and helped lead the team to the World Bowl in Montreal , Canada , where they lost to the Sacramento Surge 21 - 17 . His last professional team was the Las Vegas Sting of the Arena Football League in 1994 , where he made honorable mention All League and helped lead the Sting to the AFL playoffs , where they lost to the Arizona Rattlers 51 - 46 to wrap up his pro football career . Radio career . Sileo was hired by San Francisco KGO Radio 810 were he was a sports anchor on the morning show called " Dunbar and Rosie " and was hired by former GM Mickey Luckoff . Sileo moved across the street to KNBR 680 were Sileo hosted " Sportsphone 68 " and The Ticket 1050 were he hosted the morning show with Rod Brooks called " Ebony and Ivory " from 6 - 10am . He was also on the Oakland Raiders pre - and postgame shows and was the sideline reporter for Stanford Cardinal football and the San Jose Sabercats pre - and postgame host . In 1998 Sileo moved to Tampa , Florida to take over the morning show on 620 WDAE were he took the morning show over and raised the ratings for the show into the top 5 . In 2000 , he moved to Fox Sports Radio in Los Angeles , California , where he hosted a 4am - 8am program called " The Dan Sileo Show " . Sileo was the first person hired by than CEO Kraig Kitchin in the network ' s history ; he got the show to 233 stations . In September 2002 , Sileo moved back to Florida and debuted on 740 The Team in Orlando . His program , " The Dan Sileo Show " , began airing from 6 a . m . to 9 a . m . Eastern , with an emphasis on hot topic issues such as race , drugs , and other sports scandals , as well as a typical morning wrap - up of the previous day ' s events . For a short time in 2004 , the program was syndicated on WINZ 940 AM in Miami . On weekends , Sileo also has worked as an analyst on Westwood One radio . In December 2007 , 740 the Team began a format change . Sileo announced on - air that he had signed a new contract extension with Clear Channel to continue his show , but it would move down the dial to NewsRadio 540 WFLA . In January 2008 , WQTM switched to a Spanish - language format , and " The Dan Sileo Show " settled into its new permanent home at NewsRadio 540 WFLA . In March 2008 , Sileo ' s radio show was cancelled by " 930 The Fox " in Jacksonville , Florida . It was returned to the station in January 2009 . Dan ' s last stop was at 620AM WDAE in Tampa , Florida were he was the morning drive host from 1998 to 2012 . Jacor former executives Gabe Hobbs and CEO Randy Michaels were major influences in Sileo ' s success and Michaels has called Sileo the best sportstalk radio host in America and Hobbs now represents Sileo along with Stuart Levin ( www . GabeHobbsMedia . com ) . Sileo was syndicated in Orlando , back on 740 The Game ( after that station changed back to a sports format ) . Sileo is also a Heisman Trophy voter , a member of the Football Writers Association of America and a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) media . In 2011 TV sports columnist Jim Wlliams of the " Washington Examiner " wrote that Sileo is the best morning sports radio host in the country . Sileo is also on the radio broadcast team for the Outback Bowl . In April 11 , 2012 , Sileo replaced Sid Rosenberg in WQAM for the afternoon drive from 3 - 7 . On July 16 , 2012 , Sileo was named to " Talkers Magazine " TOP 100 SportsTalk Hosts in America at # 32 . Sileo has also been named to the Miami Hurricane Football postgame show for 2012 .