Timothy Edward Ryan is a former National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 defensive tackle. He is currently an NFL analyst

Sportscaster

In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

 on the NFL on Fox

NFL on FOX

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and the host of "Movin' the Chains" on Sirius XM NFL Radio.

College career

A two-time All-American (1988

1988 College Football All-America Team

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, 1989

1989 College Football All-America Team

The 1989 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that choose College All-America teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams were Associated Press, United Press International, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Football Writers Association of America,...

) at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

, Ryan is the all-time leading tackler in school history. The former team captain led the Trojans to three Rose Bowls and holds the team season-record for sacks with 20.

Ryan started the season opener against Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...

 in 1986

1986 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Penn State winning the national championship. Coached by Joe Paterno, they defeated Miami 14–10 in the Fiesta Bowl. This Fiesta Bowl was the first in the game's history to decide the national championship, launching it into the top tier of...

 as the first true freshman since Riki Ellison

Riki Ellison

Riki Morgan Ellison is a former linebacker, who went by Riki Gray while in college at USC as an All Pac 10 player in 1982.-College career:...

 in 1978

1978 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first season of Division I-A football; Division I-A was created in 1978 from the splitting of Division I for football only. The season came down to a rare #1 vs. #2 post-season meeting as #1 Penn State and #2 Alabama met in the New Year's Day Sugar...

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Professional career

Ryan was a third-round draft choice and played for the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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 between 1990 and 1993.

Sportscasting career

Ryan has been commenting NFL games since 2002. Currently, he broadcasts with Chris Myers

Chris Myers

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. He also works for Sirius NFL Radio

Sirius NFL Radio

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 (Channel 88). Ryan is the host of "Movin' the Chains" from 3-7pm with Pat Kirwan

Pat Kirwan

Pat Kirwan is an American football coach. He began his NFL career in 1972 after coaching high school and college football.He was an area scout for the Phoenix Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

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