<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Player stats at NFL.com </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Player stats at PFR </Td> </Tr> <P> Christopher Jason Witten (born May 6, 1982) is a former American football tight end who played 15 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and was drafted by the Cowboys in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft . Witten ranks second in all - time career receptions and receiving yards by an NFL tight end, trailing only Tony Gonzalez . He currently serves as a color analyst for ESPN's Monday Night Football . </P> <P> Witten is the youngest of three brothers, Ryan and Shawn, and was raised in Washington D.C., but attended Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tennessee . Witten's father, a 6'8 ", 300 lb . mailman, was abusive toward his mother, Kim, and his older brothers after he became addicted to alcohol and drugs when Jason was 6 . When he was 11, Witten moved to Elizabethton to live with his grandparents . His grandfather Dave Rider was also the coach of the football team, where he was a two - way player, playing linebacker and tight end . </P>

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