Hines Ward ( Full name Hines Edward Ward Jr) is an American football coach and former National Football League (NFL) wide receiver. Hine participated in college football at the University of Georgia. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL 1998’s third round.
During his entire professional career, Hines played for the Steelers and became the team’s leader in receptions. As a result, he received yardage and touchdown receptions. Hines was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. Upon retirement, he was one of eleven NFL players to have received more than 1,000 career receptions. Apart from his career in the NFL, Hine has featured in different forms of films as well as television media.
They include reality TV series such as; “Dancing With The Stars”, “The Walking Dead”, “The Dark Knight Rises” From 2012 to 2015, Hines worked as a studio analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America. In May 2016, he joined CNN and HLN as the player relations executive of the Alliance of American Football. In 2019, Hines started his coaching career, assumed the role of an offensive assistant with the New York Jets.
