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3x Super Bowl Champion Shannon Sharpe Takes Us Back to His Roots Before He Became the NFL’s Greatest Tight End

Published 05/08/2022, 6:00 PM EDT

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The NFL legend Shannon Sharpe might be one of the richest and the greatest players today, but his beginnings have been very humble, struggling hard to reach this point. The three-time Super Bowl Champion recalls his past and narrates the story through Sharpe Focus: A Journey to Canton.

The hall of Famer was reminiscing his good old days, along with his older brother and former Packers wide receiver Sterling Sharpe through the show. Today the brothers are widely accepted as NFL analysts, the job they started pursuing after retiring from the pro football league.

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Sharpe was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 7th round of the 1990 NFL Draft. The 53-year-old went on to play for 12 of his 14 seasons with the Denver Broncos. Soon, he went on to shatter all the receiving records for tight ends along the way.

He played a pioneering role in winning the Broncos consecutive Super Bowls in the 1997 & 1998 seasons and got named to the NFL 1990’s All-Decade team. The legend still holds the NFL record of winning 12 consecutive playoff games. The record is still a dream for many players in the NFL.

Shannon Sharpe explains his past life struggles and gives a parental home tour

The show that was aired on NFL Network riveted for an entire hour and exposed the real person. Sharpe’s journey from Georgia to the Pro Football Hall of Fame started at a shack owned by his grandmother. Sterling and Shannon toured their old house in tiny Glennville, talking about their upbringings under the shelter of their grandmother.

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“There’s a restroom. I remember you know we stand in front of the fireplace and run in the back room and get in the bed and get up under the covers. Go into school with a smile on the back of your pants because you stood too close to the fireplace because it was cold.”

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“You know, there’s no paneling in the house. There’s no insulation in the house. It was a cinder block. cement floors, and so it really, really cold in the winter. And it was really, really hot in the summer.” Sharpe narrated the show.

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The house had no modern facilities. Although it was a 1000-square-foot shack, it hosted nearly dozens of members with no running water or other basic amenities. If they wanted to use a bathroom, they had to walk to the nearby woods. It is great to see that times have changed for Sharpe and his family. His true efforts and hard work have finally paid off.

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Deepesh Nair is an NFL author at EssentiallySports. Having started his career in journalism as a trending news writer, he has published around 500 articles for various media portals. Although Deepesh comes from a Computer Science background, his fondness for writing has persuaded him to create his career in it.
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