Mark May

Mark May is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for 13 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. May played college football for the University of Pittsburgh and earned All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers, and Phoenix Cardinals. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN.

In 2001, May joined ESPN as a football analyst and commentator on college football. Along with Lou Holtz, he was a regular on the popular College Football Scoreboard and College Football Final as well as appearing on pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage during the season, and on College Football Live in the off-season, and offers analysis on ESPN2 and ESPNews. He was also present in the NFL Live studio throughout the entire 2007 NFL Draft. While not a regular game analyst, he does occasionally broadcast games, as he did for ESPN's coverage of the 2011 Poinsettia Bowl. May's work as a football analyst has recently come under fire from some fans who claim that May presents biased opinions against their teams. Most notably May has been criticized for his opinion that the Ohio State Buckeyes were overrated and were not worthy of being in the first college football playoff. May remains silent on allegations that he is biased against Big Ten football teams. Recently, Lou Holtz was asked: "if you had to guess, where does May's opinion on the Big Ten come from?" Holtz told the reporter that he would have to ask May. On June 1st 2015, ESPN announced that May would be leaving College Football Final and moved to another show on one of the other ESPN Networks.