Sean Salisbury Richard Sean Salisbury ( born March 9 , 1963 ) is an American football analyst , former NFL and CFL quarterback , and actor . Early life . Salisbury attended Orange Glen High School in Escondido , California . During Sean ' s senior year at Orange Glen High School , he was a highly recruited quarterback , choosing USC over UCLA , BYU , Stanford , Notre Dame , Cal , Arizona , and Arizona State . Salisbury averaged 26 . 5 points per game his senior year and was a high school All - American basketball player . UCLA and USC both offered Salisbury basketball scholarships . Sean has three children , Dylan , Dodge , and Shea . Sean ' s younger brother is Brett Salisbury Professional career . During his ten - year career , Salisbury was a member of the Seattle Seahawks , Indianapolis Colts , Minnesota Vikings , San Diego Chargers and Houston Oilers as well as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League . In 1988 , Salisbury led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a Grey Cup championship over Matt Dunigan and the BC Lions . Broadcaster . After getting his start on the Comedy Central show " BattleBots " , Salisbury went on to become an NFL analyst on ESPN , appearing on " SportsCenter " and " NFL Live " . He was well known for his dislike of fellow analyst John Clayton . Clayton once famously got back at Salisbury , when , during an argument , Salisbury attempted to prove his point by telling Clayton , " You never played in the NFL . " Clayton , noting that Salisbury spent most of his career as a backup quarterback on the sidelines ( he received about a year ' s worth of NFL snaps in an eight - year career ) , fired back , " Neither did you ! " In 2004 , Salisbury was offered a job with the Arizona Cardinals by his former coach and fellow co - worker at ESPN , Dennis Green , to become their new quarterbacks coach . Salisbury pondered for weeks , but eventually declined and stayed on with ESPN . Salisbury was hired as a consultant for the 2005 remake of " The Longest Yard " . On the set , Sean taught Adam Sandler proper quarterback mechanics , cadences , and footwork . Sandler later offered Salisbury a role in the 2006 film , " The Benchwarmers " . On May 9 , 2006 , Salisbury began broadcasting on ESPN Radio 1000 , Chicago with Steve Rosenbloom . He also did guest spots on the ESPN Classic comedy program " Cheap Seats " , where he provided his signature breakdowns of the action in a more comedic manner . He has covered for Mike Golic on " Mike and Mike in the Morning " . In 2007 , Salisbury ' s No . 12 football jersey was retired at his alma mater , Orange Glen High School , an honor no other person in school history has ever received . " I can ' t believe I ' m having my number retired like John Elway , Marcus Allen , Larry Bird or Magic Johnson , " Salisbury said . " In my own little world , I will always cherish being the first at my high school to be honored like this . " On February 26 , 2008 , Salisbury ' s contract was not renewed by ESPN . Salisbury suggested , according to Profootballtalk . com , that he was unhappy with his salary and status compared to those analysts who were more prominent players in their NFL careers . Salisbury explained , saying that “ I ’ d grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar , ” He also complained that “ analysts who don ’ t work as hard as me , don ’ t prepare as hard as me , and don ’ t have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football . ” After ESPN , Salisbury worked briefly for OPENSports . com and KRLD - FM 105 . 3 The Fan , the CBS Radio affiliate in Dallas . The website Deadspin , amongst others , had reported numerous times that Salisbury had been fired in part for an incident where he photographed his genitals in a Connecticut bar . On September 23 , 2009 , Deadspin published emails in which Salisbury promised to sue the site for defamation and to " get his reputation back . " Salisbury later admitted that the incident was true . On September 25 , 2009 , Salisbury provided the color commentary for the Lingerie Football League presentation of Friday Night Football . Broadcast on WBFS - TV and KDOC - TV ; and streamed online at lflus . com . The Dallas Desire defeated the Denver Dream 20 - 6 . On January 29 , 2011 , it was confirmed that Salisbury is now a play - by - play announcer for the LFL ( lingerie football league ) . Salisbury ' s announcing duties and relationship with the league came to an end in January 2012 when the LFL released him from his contract , saying " Our expectations were not met in terms of broadcast protocol and we were not pleased with the overall lack of respect toward our producers , which primarily drove the decision " in a league statement . On October 20 , 2010 , it was announced Salisbury would host a pilot for a sports comedy talk show called Inside Sports : News You Can Almost Trust . The show aired on Versus in January . Producer Mark McClure called the show " ESPN meets Comedy Central ' s Daily Show with some SNL skits , too . Sean will be our Jon Stewart . " After the pilot aired , which did not feature Salisbury in a spoof of the infamous SNL skit Dick in a Box the show was retooled as a more serious Inside Sports Unleashed , which began taping on May 12 , 2011 .