Marcellus Wiley is a former American football defensive end player. Wiley played for many well-known teams the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and Jacksonville Jaguars. Besides, Marcellus is also a television personality who previously worked as the co-host of the SportsNation on ESPN with Michelle Beadle. He is currently a part of Fox Sports 1's Speak For Yourself.
Early Life
Marcellus Wiley was born on November 30, 1974, in Compton, California, United States America. Wiley belongs to American nationality and his ethnicity is Black.
Marcellus spent his amazing childhood in Compton with his family. He is the son of Charles Wiley and Valerie Howard. Wiley earned his formal education from Saint Monica Catholic High school, where he was one of the best students. During his student life, he was active in football and track and field.
Wiley was the 1998 National typewriting champion with 82 words per minute. Later, he moved to Columbia University, where he played as a tailback, defensive end, and kick returner. From there, he earned a degree in sociology in 1997.
Professional Career
Talking about his professional career, Marcellus Wiley was invited to the NFL Combine, where he was measured in at six feet and four inches, 257 pounds and pressed 225 pounds for an impressive twenty-eight time. He started his professional football career as a situation pa s s rusher, recording nine sacks through his first three years.
When Hall-of-Famer Bruce Smith left for the Washington Redskins in 2000, Marcellus Wiley replaced him at defensive end for the Bills. In his decade's long career, he was voted once of the Pro Bowl in 2001.
TV Career
Wiley later started his career in a media field. He previously worked as a co-host of the SportsNation on ESPN. He also worked for the afternoon drive-time sports talk radio show on ESPN 710AM in Los Angeles.
Marcellus is not a member of Speak For Yourself.
Post-NFL And Millionaire Matchmaker
Marcellus Wiley is a co-founder of Prolebrity.com, which is a sports community. He co-hosted Winners Bracket with Michelle Beadle from 2010-2012. At the beginning of 2013, he became co-host of Sports Nation on a time basis. Wiley is also a boxer at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood. In November 2011, Wiley appeared in the episode of Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker.
What is His Net Worth?
Marcellus Wiley has the estimated net worth of around $5 million from his sports career and his yearly salary is around $350k, as per celebrity net worth.
He is an author of Never Shut Up: The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier which published on October 23, 2018. It is priced $17.7 for Hardcover.
Who Is His Wife?
Moving towards his personal life, Marcellus Wiley is once a divorced man. He got married to Annemarie Wiley in June 2014, in a private wedding ceremony.
The couple has a child a son named Marcellus Wiley, born in 2015. The player also has a child Morocco Alise Wiley, born in 1999 from his previous relationship.
It has been reported that the couple is divorced. But, neither Marcellus nor Wiley have confirmed the rumor. Furthermore, he also dated Miss Evelyn, a musician, in 2011.
He also was in a relationship with Sasha Din's data and they end their relationship later.
Other Facts
Marcellus stands tall with a height of 6 feet 4 inches. His weight is 125 kg.
by Bchrome, 01 Feb, 2017
