Howard "Howie" Michael Long (born January 9, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts) played football as a nose tackle, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. Long played college football at Villanova University. Drafted in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders, he would play 13 seasons for the club.
After his retirement from the NFL following the 1993 season, Long pursued an acting career, focused mainly on action films, including "Firestorm", a 1998 film in which he starred. He also appears in the movie "Broken Arrow" alongside John Travolta. Long also made numerous cameo appearances on TV shows and commercials. He is the current spokesman for Radio Shack.
He is best known today as an analyst for the FOX Network's NFL coverage, where he often plays the "straight man" to the comic antics of co-host Terry Bradshaw, whom Long sacked several times as a player.
He is known for the military-style crew cut hairstyle he has worn throughout much of his career. He wore jersey number 75.
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