Brad Shepard
Brad Shepard is a College Football Analyst with 26 years of experience taking readers behind the scenes of the score and doling out hard-hitting opinions and analysis. From various newspaper jobs across the Southeast to more than 14 years with Bleacher Report, he’s been a prominent college football voice helping you navigate changes in the sport’s evolving landscape. Brad has covered every facet of college football, focusing on everything from recruiting to inside-the-stats analysis on the season’s biggest games. Consistently focused on the lifecycle of the player, he strives to take the fan inside the box score—skills honed over decades from the pages of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tennessean and the Chattanooga Times-Free Press to the halcyon days of the blogosphere with 3rd Saturday in Blogtober and Rocky Top Talk. While at Bleacher Report, he has covered the Tennessee Volunteers, SEC football and the national landscape of the sport. Brad has dedicated his professional life to telling the stories of the players who’ve made the game great. He likes to think his arrival in Knoxville as a freshman in 1998 elevated the Tennessee Vols to a national championship run, and he graduated from UT in 2002 with a degree in journalism. He is a proud Christian who is active in his church, loves fishing, Tennessee athletics, Atlanta Braves baseball and spending time with family.
Brad Shepard is a College Football Analyst with 26 years of experience taking readers behind the scenes of the score and doling out hard-hitting opinions and analysis. From various newspaper jobs across the Southeast to more than 14 years with Bleacher Report, he’s been a prominent college football voice helping you navigate changes in the sport’s evolving landscape. Brad has covered every facet of college football, focusing on everything from recruiting to inside-the-stats analysis on the season’s biggest games. Consistently focused on the lifecycle of the player, he strives to take the fan inside the box score—skills honed over decades from the pages of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tennessean and the Chattanooga Times-Free Press to the halcyon days of the blogosphere with 3rd Saturday in Blogtober and Rocky Top Talk. While at Bleacher Report, he has covered the Tennessee Volunteers, SEC football and the national landscape of the sport. Brad has dedicated his professional life to telling the stories of the players who’ve made the game great. He likes to think his arrival in Knoxville as a freshman in 1998 elevated the Tennessee Vols to a national championship run, and he graduated from UT in 2002 with a degree in journalism. He is a proud Christian who is active in his church, loves fishing, Tennessee athletics, Atlanta Braves baseball and spending time with family.
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