Howie Long Howard " Howie " Matthew Moses Long ( born January 6 , 1960 , in Charlestown , Massachusetts ) is an American former National Football League defensive end and actor . He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 . He is currently a studio analyst for Fox Network ' s NFL coverage . Football career . High school . He attended Milford High School in Milford , Massachusetts , and is a member of the Milford Hall of Fame . Long was an all - around athlete , playing football ( lettered three years and was named to the Scholastic Coach All - America team as a senior , though he never played football until age 15 ) , basketball ( lettered three years as a forward ) , and track ( lettered three years , competing in the shot - put , discus and javelin ) . Long also set state records in both the shot put and discus . College . Long played college football and earned a degree in communications at Villanova University . He was a four - year letterman at Villanova and was selected to play in the Blue – Gray Football Classic and was named the MVP in 1980 . As a freshman Long started every game and during that season he had 99 tackles . As a sophomore Long led Villanova in sacks with 5 and recorded 78 tackles . The next season , 1979 , Long sustained a thigh injury and missed three games and ended the season with 45 tackles . As a senior Long again led the Wildcats in sacks with 4 and had 84 tackles . He began as a tight end but was moved to the defensive line playing mostly noseguard his first two seasons . After moving to defensive end he earned All - East honors and honorable mention All - American by his senior year . Long also boxed at Villanova and was the Northern Collegiate Heavyweight Boxing Champion . NFL . Drafted in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders , Long would play 13 seasons for the club wearing the number 75 . His very rare combination of size , strength and quickness made him a fearsome force on the Raiders defensive line , earning eight Pro Bowl selections . Long had high aspirations early in his career . He told " Football Digest " in 1986 that he wanted " Financial security , and I want to be in the Hall of Fame . . . That ' s my goal . . . and I ' d like to win a few more Super Bowls . " Along the way , he was also named First - team All - Pro three times ( in 1983 , ' 84 , and ' 85 ) and Second - team All - Pro twice ( in 1986 and 1989 ) . He was selected by John Madden to the All - Madden teams in 1984 and 1985 and was named to the 10th Anniversary All - Madden team in 1994 . Long was voted both the NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year and the NFLPA AFC Defensive Lineman of the Year in 1985 . He capped off a stellar 1985 season earning the George S . Halas Trophy for having been voted the NEA ' s co - NFL Defensive Player of the Year ( along with Andre Tippett ) . Additionally he was named the Seagrams ' Seven Crown NFL Defensive Player of the year . The following year , 1986 , Long was voted the Miller Lite NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year . ( Both those awards were taken by polls of NFL players ) . In 1986 Long was voted to his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl and was key in helping the Raiders record 63 sacks and being the number one defense in the AFC . From 1983 - 86 the Raiders defense recorded 249 sacks , which tied with the Chicago Bears for tops in the NFL over that span . Long collected 91½ sacks during his career ( 7½ are not official , as sacks were not an official statistic during his rookie year ) . His career high was in 1983 with 13 sacks , including a career - high 5 against the Washington Redskins on October 2 , 1983 . He also intercepted 2 passes and recovered 10 fumbles during his 13 - year career . At the time of his retirement , he was the last player still with the team who had been a Raider before the franchise moved to Los Angeles . He won the Super Bowl XVIII title as the left defensive end with the Raiders ( 1983 season ) , beating the Washington Redskins , as he outplayed the opposing offensive tackle , George Starke , and as the vaunted Redskin running game led by John Riggins had only 90 yards in 32 rush attempts . Long ' s signature defensive move was the " rip , " which employed a quick , uppercut - like motion designed to break an opposing blocker ' s grip . Pro Football Weekly ( PFW ) named Long as one of the ends on its All - time 3 - 4 defensive front , along with Lee Roy Selmon , Curley Culp , Lawrence Taylor , Andre Tippett , Randy Gradishar , and Harry Carson . PFW based its " Ultimate 3 - 4 " team on the vote of over 40 former NFL players , coaches , and scouts . After football . After his retirement from the NFL following the 1993 season , Long pursued an acting career , focused mainly on action film s including " Firestorm " , a 1998 film in which he starred . He also appears in the movie " Broken Arrow " alongside John Travolta . He played a minor role in the movie " 3000 Miles to Graceland " alongside Kevin Costner , Kurt Russell and Courteney Cox . Long appears in the Extended Version of " That Thing You Do ! " as Mr . White ' s ( Tom Hanks ) " partner " Lloyd in the extended cut of the movie , released on DVD in 2007 . Long ' s part was entirely cut from the theatrical release . Long also made numerous cameo appearance s on TV shows and commercials . Long was a spokesman for Radio Shack , making commercials with actress Teri Hatcher . He has also been featured in many other national commercials and advertising campaigns including those of Coors Light , Nike , Campbell ' s Chunky Soup , Hanes , Frito Lay , both Coca - Cola and Pepsi , Pizza Hut , Taco Bell , Nabisco , Kraft , the Bud Bowl campaign , Honda and currently for Chevrolet . In March , 1986 , Long told Inside Sports , " When I ' m finished playing , I ' d like to stay in touch with football , through broadcasting . I ' m qualified to give a certain perspective and I ' m articulate enough to handle it . " After his retirement , he began as a studio analyst for the Fox Network ' s NFL coverage where he often plays the " straight man " to the comic antics of co - host Terry Bradshaw as well as writing a column for Foxsports . com . In addition , he hosts an annual award show on Fox , " Howie Long ' s Tough Guys " , which honors the NFL players whom he deems the toughest and gives " the toughest " a Chevrolet truck . Long won a Sports Emmy Award in 1997 as " Outstanding Sports Personality / Analyst . " . A reflection of Long ' s status as a pop - culture icon , MTV ' s Paul Gargano had an interview with Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford , and asked this question : " If you could sleep with anyone famous , who would it be ? " Halford looked at Gargano and said , “ Howie Long ” . He is also the author of " Football for Dummies " , a book to help average fans understand the basics of professional football ; it is part of the " For Dummies " series by Wiley Publishing . He is an alumnus of , and volunteers his time for , the Boys and Girls Clubs of America . He was named Walter Camp Man of the Year in 2001 by the Walter Camp Foundation . After his football career , Howie Long became known for his use of a popular stock sound effect in the movie " Broken Arrow " . During his death scene , the sound effect is used , which has become known as the Howie scream . Family . Long is a Roman Catholic . He has been married to Diane Addonizio since June 27 , 1982 , and they have three sons , Christopher ( b . 28 March 1985 ) , Kyle ( b . 5 December 1988 ) and Howard Jr . ( b . 1990 ) . His oldest son , Chris , was drafted 2nd overall in the 2008 NFL Draft as a defensive end for the St . Louis Rams after a very successful career at the University of Virginia . Kyle Long starts for the University of Oregon Ducks as an offensive guard .