Charles Mann ( American football ) Charles Andre Mann ( born April 12 , 1961 ) is a businessman and former American football player . He played as a defensive end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers . Mann was a four - time Pro Bowl er in 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1991 . Early life . Mann was born in Sacramento , California and attended Valley High School . Charles Mann is a devout Christian . College career . Mann attended and played college football at the University of Nevada , where he played defensive end from 1979 to 1982 . During his senior season , he led the Big Sky Conference with 14 sacks and was named the conference ' s Most Valuable Defensive Lineman . Professional career . Mann was drafted in the third round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins and by his second season , he was the starting left defensive end , opposite to Dexter Manley . During this time , Mann had double - digit sack seasons four times , including a career - high 14 . 5 in 1985 , which was just his third season in the NFL . Mann finished his career with the Redskins with 82 sacks , second - most in franchise history , and 17 forced fumbles , the most in franchise history , and also won Super Bowl XXII . He was released by the Redskins and signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers in 1994 , where he won another Super Bowl ( XXVI ) before retiring . After football . Mann helped found the Good Samaritan Foundation with his Washington teammates Art Monk , Tim Johnson and Earnest Byner . The foundation provides youth with the environment needed to equip them with the skills , training and resources necessary to compete successfully in society through the Student Training Opportunity Program ( STOP ) . The program serves more than 50 high school students , four days a week during the school year and five days a week during the summer providing after - school programs , tutoring and mentoring . In 1993 , Mann was voted the “ Washingtonian of the Year . " Among his many accomplishments , Mann serves as a member of the board of Inova Health System s and as Chairman of the Inova Alexandria Hospital Quality Committee , the board of the McLean School and a Deacon with Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly , Virginia . Prior to starting his own company , Mann was aligned with some of the best known brands locally and nationally : ESPN , BET , WUSA ( TV ) and WJFK - FM as Color Analyst & Reporter . McDonalds , Diet Coke and Swanson as Spokesman . Mann has been involved with National Kidney Foundation , United Way and the Ronald McDonald House Charities , The Border Babies Foundation , the “ Read And Achieve Program , ” “ Why School is Cool ” Program , The Metropolitan Boys and Girls Club s , Children ’ s Hospital , The Children ’ s Cancer Foundation and President Clinton ’ s National Service Initiative Committee . He is also an advocate of player safety while upholding the intensity of sports , focusing his efforts with an impact sensor device company , Brain Sentry . Mann and his wife of twenty - five years , Tyrena and their three children , currently live in the Washington area . Mann ' s son , Cameron , is in the graduating class of 2010 at the McLean School of Maryland . Cameron has starred in many of the school ' s plays , and is a member of the High School Choir .