Steve Wyche (; born May 28, 1966) is an American reporter for

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. He appeared in the weekday morning show

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Early years

Wyche is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He played quarterback, running back and outside linebacker in high school and went on to play college football at the

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. He earned a

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from

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in 1989.

Career

In 2008, Wyche joined

as a reporter and the senior writer for NFL.com. Prior to working at

, he spent four years as the beat writer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution covering the Atlanta Falcons. In 2012, he would appear in NFL Network's new weekday morning show NFL AM. In 2016, he broke the story of

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's protesting during the national anthem.

References

External links

NFL Network bio
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