Troy Aikman

Troy Aikman (born Troy Kenneth Aikman on November 21, 1966) is an American former professional football quarterback who spent 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys.

In college, Aikman began at the University of Oklahoma before transferring to UCLA, where he won the Davey O'Brien Award in 1988 as the nation's top college quarterback. The Cowboys took him first overall in the 1989 NFL draft. He was named to six Pro Bowls and helped the team win Super Bowls XXVII, XXVIII, and XXX. Super Bowl XXVII was the franchise's first championship in more than a decade, and Aikman was named its Most Valuable Player. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

Aikman retired in 2000. From 2001 to 2021 he was the color commentator for NFL on Fox, and since 2022 he has held the same role on Monday Night Football on ESPN and ABC. He and play-by-play announcer Joe Buck form the longest-tenured announcing pair in NFL history. From 2005 to 2009 he co-owned the now-defunct NASCAR team Hall of Fame Racing with fellow former Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, and he is also a part-owner of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres.