Who are Howie Long’s children?
FORMER NFL tight end Howie Long played football for 13 years before retiring to be an NBC sports broadcaster.
He has three sons and has kept football in the family as all three are involved in the sport.
Who are Howie Long’s children?
Chris Long
Chris Long, 36, is Howie Long’s eldest child who picked up the football mantle where his father left off.
He is a former defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles for 11 years and in a 2021 interview on the Takeoff with John Clarke podcast, he said Philadelphia Eagles players are so lucky.
“But when you get to a place like Philly, I just felt like they adopted me, man. I was like, ‘Oh, this is the NFL.’ And the sick joke of it was, I’m in Year 10. So I never got to really experience something like that my entire life. And I was like, ‘Well, at least I’m going to make the best of it.’
“Players don’t know how lucky they are, I think, to be in a place like Philly. I would’ve – if I could’ve kept playing a long time there, I would’ve played ’til the wheels fell off.”
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Chris Long played a total of 11 seasons in the NFL and was first drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 2008.
He played for the Rams until 2015 when he switched to the New England Patriots.
He only lasted one season with them before moving on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2017 to 2018.
He said he retired from the NFL when he did because he only wanted to play for the Eagles and wanted to leave the NFL as one of them.
Chris Long now spends his time tweeting live NFL updates, speaking on podcasts, and sponsoring his favorite charity, the Chris Long Foundation.
The primary focus of the foundation is to provide clean drinking water and education to those both domestic and abroad.
This foundation is supported by athletes who are passionate about bringing basic human rights to the rest of the world.
Their mission statement says, “We come together to fight a battle no one should face – the lack of basic human rights like clean water and education access for millions.
“Whether it’s a neighbor down the street or across the world, we’re committed to impacting as many lives as possible.
Kyle Long
Kyle Long, 33, continues to keep football in the family as a football guard for the Kansas City Chiefs.
He was originally a first-round pick for the Chicago Bears in 2013 where he played for the next six years.
He announced his retirement after the 2019 season and took all of 2020 off.
However, in March 2021, Kyle Long announced he was coming out of retirement, this time as a free agent.
He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs for the 2021 season and said the year off was just what he needed to get back to square one.
“It feels awkward landing in a city that you don’t consider home, but when you walk into this building here in Kansas City, it becomes apparent that things are different here,” Long said in an interview with FOX4.
“Sitting in Coach Reid’s office, I just knew this is where I wanted to be and if they wanted to have me, I was going to do everything in my power to make this happen.”
Howard Long Jr.
Howard Long Jr. is 32 years old and the youngest of Howie Long’s children.
Unlike his brothers, Howard Long Jr. has not played for the NFL, however, he is still immersed in the environment.
He graduated with an anthropology degree from the University of Virginia in 2013 and quickly delved into the sports world as a personal assistant for the Oakland Raiders.
Howard Long Jr. held onto that position until 2019 when he was promoted to a premium sales consultant based out of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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