Position | Wide Receiver |
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Number | 87 |
Birth date | February 20, 1967Cincinnati, Ohio |
Debutyear | 1989 |
Finalyear | 1994 |
College | Boston College |
Teams | |
Stat1label | Touchdowns |
Stat1value | 9 |
Stat2label | Receiving yards |
Stat2value | 2,109 |
Stat3label | Receptions |
Stat3value | 173 |
Pfr | WaddTo00 |
Highlights |
In 1992, Waddle earned a starting position, and became a fan favorite. He had several productive performances with quarterback, Jim Harbaugh, including a performance against the Atlanta Falcons where he outran Deion Sanders for a touchdown. In 1993, he was Bears’ leading receiver in both receptions and yards amassed. His career with the Bears’ began to fallout in 1994, when Dave Wannstedt demoted Waddle to third string wide receiver. The following year, Waddle left the Bears after failing to negotiate a proper contract. In 1995 he went to Bengals free agent mini-camp, but chose to retire after experiencing knee problems.
Fans remember Waddle from his rigorous work ethic and effort. Even after sustaining big hits and injuries from bigger players, Waddle was eager to bounce back and play during the following week. His contract and career transactions also tell an interesting story, as the Bears released and resigned him six times. Even after leaving the football scene, Waddle was still a well known and respected figure.
WFLD-TV: Following his retirement, he began working at the Fox Chicago affiliate WFLD doing pre and post game analysis for Bears games. During this time, he also began to work as a weekend and fill-in sports anchor as well doing feature segments that were mostly comedic in nature. Later he began co-hosting shows such as Chicago Bears Gameday Live, Fox Kickoff Sunday and The Final Word on Sunday nights, all of which he is still involved with as of September 2010.
WGN-AM: In 1997, Tom began co-hosting Sports Central with David Kaplan weeknights from 7–9 discussing not just football, but all sports. This partnership ended in 2007 with his move to WMVP ESPN Radio 1000.
While at WGN he was also one of the trio of former Chicago Bears called "The Three Bears" with Glen Kozlowski and Dan Hampton.
WMVP-AM: Paired with Marc Silverman, his new show initially aired in the same 7–9 pm spot as Sports Central. After 2 months in this timeslot, they were moved to the weekday morning slot 9 am to 12 noon formerly occupied by Steve Rosenbloom and Sean Salisbury. The show was eventually expanded to four hours and to include twice weekly in-studio one hour segments with WLS-TV sports anchor Mark Giangreco. During football season, "Waddle and Silvy" broadcast live for one hour every Thursday from one of Mike Ditka's two Chicago-area restaurants with the retired coach as a co-host and analyst.
NFL Network: In 2007, he began working at the NFL network in Los Angeles as gameday analyst paired with retired offensive lineman Jamie Dukes. In the 2010 season, he contributeed as an analyst on NFL GameDay Scoreboard and NFL Total Access.
Other Media: In addition to his duties at WFLD, WMVP, and the NFL Network, Tom appears weekly during the football season on Pro Football Weekly. Also during the season he writes a weekly column for the Northwest Herald of McHenry County, IL.
He is also seen an analyst for Sprint Exclusive Entertainment, providing content on all sports for cell phones.
On several occasions in 2008 and 2009, he appeared as a fill-in host, alongside Mike Greenberg, on Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio. He and radio partner Marc Silverman have also hosted The Scott Van Pelt Show.
He has also done color commentating during CSN Chicago broadcasts of NIU Huskies Football and for a limited number of Chicago Rush games aired on the NFL Network.
In 2010, Waddle competed in the Illinois Open at Hawthorn Woods Country Club in Hawthorn Woods. After one round, he was tied for 146th after shooting a 17-over 86. He was cut after the second round after shooting another 86, finishing in a tie for 148th.
Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:American football wide receivers Category:People from Cincinnati, Ohio Category:Chicago Bears players Category:Boston College Eagles football players
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