Scot Brantley

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Scot Brantley
Date of birth:	February 24, 1958 (1958-02-24) (age 50)
Place of birth:	Chester, South Carolina
Career information
Position(s):	Linebacker
College:	Florida
NFL Draft:	1980 / Round: 3 / Pick 76
Organizations
As player:
1980-1987	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Scot Brantley (born February 24, 1958 in Chester, South Carolina) is a former linebacker who played 8 seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League.

Following his football career, Scot almost immediately pursued a career in broadcasting. He has served on the Gator Radio Network as both a color analyst during games and an analyst during pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows. In addition, Scot spent ten seasons as the broadcast partner of Gene Deckerhoff on the Buccaneers Radio Network. He now hosts a daily radio show on WHBO in Tampa every afternoon.

Although Scot has had a nice career after football, he has endured some difficult times. The Gators and Buccaneers both unexpectedly dropped him from their broadcast booths after the 2004 and 2005 seasons, respectively, after he had spent many years in those positions. Hardy Nickerson replaced him for the Bucs broadcasts, while Lee McGriff took his spot when he returned to the Gators broadcasts after spending several years alongside Mick Hubert in the 1980s and 1990s. His radio show on WQYK-AM was also cancelled due to multiple format changes with the station.