Jeff Darlington (born November 10, 1981) is an American television reporter with ESPN.

Career

On ESPN, Darlington appears on such shows as Sunday NFL Countdown,

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, Get Up and NFL Live. He has covered the NFL since 2005. Nominated multiple times for Sports Emmys, he is best known for high-level interviews with NFL stars like

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and

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. He previously covered the NFL for the

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and

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from 2011 to 2016. For six seasons prior to 2011, he covered the

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for ''

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''. In 2010, he was named South Florida's "Best Sports Writer." Darlington still lives in Fort Lauderdale but is often traveling to NFL cities. Jeff Darlington has covered sports in Florida – including college football and the NFL – since 2000. Before covering the NFL and the Dolphins, he wrote about the football and men's basketball programs at the

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for the

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. Darlington also is a graduate of UF. Darlington appeared briefly in a cameo role with

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in the movie ''

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''.

Education

Darlington attended Seminole High School in

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References

*https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/jeff-darlington/ * * * *

External links

Jeff Darlington's Twitter Page
* 1981 births Disney people ESPN people Living people Writers from Elizabeth, New Jersey Seminole High School (Pinellas County, Florida) alumni University of Florida alumni NFL announcers NFL Network people Miami Herald people Sportswriters from New Jersey People from Seminole, Florida Sportswriters from Florida {{ESPN