Coy Wire
Wire with the Buffalo Bills in 2006 | |||||||||||||
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| Positions | Linebacker Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born | November 7, 1978 Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||
| College | Stanford | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2002: 3rd round, 97th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Coy Michael Wire (born November 7, 1978) is an American television anchor, correspondent, and a former professional football player who spent nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Wire played college football for Stanford and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2002 NFL draft. Since 2015, he has worked for CNN as a sports anchor and correspondent, and currently is the anchor of CNN 10, a student-oriented news show.
Wire was a linebacker and safety who played college football for Stanford. He played six seasons for the Buffalo Bills from 2002 to 2007 and three seasons for the Atlanta Falcons from 2008 to 2010.
With CNN, Wire's many field assignments have included on-the-ground coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the College Football Playoff Semi-Finals and National Championship games, and Super Bowl 50.