Todd McShay is a football analyst.
McShay is a native of Swampscott, Massachusetts and played quarterback

Quarterback

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 for the Swampscott (Mass.) High School football team (1991–1994). In 1999, He graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in leadership studies, and served as the backup quarterback before a back injury ended his college career. After his injury he worked as an undergraduate assistant football coach at the University of Richmond before landing an internship with Gary Horton in the summer of 1998. Following graduation, McShay worked full-time for "The War Room", (1999-2006) a start-up publication created by former NFL scout Gary Horton.

McShay joined ESPN in 2006 as a football analyst, providing in-depth scouting information on college football players across the country. He makes regular appearances on a number of ESPN programs, including ESPNU Coaches Spotlight

ESPNU Coaches Spotlight

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, SportsCenter

SportsCenter

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, and ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

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 focusing on the NFL Draft

NFL Draft

The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...

. He also calls the East-West Shrine Game and the College Football Skills Challenge for ESPN. He and Mel Kiper, Jr.

Mel Kiper, Jr.

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often debate where each player will be selected. McShay also writes for ESPN Insider and gives several mock drafts from February to April.