Adam Schefter is an American sports journalist and television journalist. Adam Schefter, one of the most distinctive voices in NFL since 1990, is considered as the top sports reporter in the industry.
Quick Info
- Birthday: December 21, 1966 (age 51)
- Ethnicity: N/A
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Sports journalist
Salary and Net Worth 2018
Adam Schefter net worth is estimated $4 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The same site claims his annual salary to be $1.2 million.
Adam is a professional sports writer/journalist and television analyst who is accumulating his fortune from the television venture, anchoring gigs, and book royalties. Adam has five books under his belt, including ‘The Man I Never Met: A Memoir’ (2018), ‘The Class of Football: Words of Hard-Earned Wisdom from Legends of the Gridiron’ (2009), and others.
Quick Info:
- Net Worth: $4 million
- Salary: $1.2 million
Professional Career
Adam Schefter is a sportscaster, on the air for NFL Network and ESPN since 2009. Before he became the nation’s most illustrious NFL reporter, he was a freshman at the University of Michigan seeking career guidance.
Adam joined the NFL Network in 2004 and since has appeared on ‘NFL Total Access’ as well as writing for NFL.com. Earlier to joining the network, he appeared as a substitute anchor for five times on ESPN’s ‘Around the Horn’ and also on ESPN’s ‘The Sports Reporters’.
Career Timeline
- 2005- Gave a cameo appearance in a movie, ‘The Longest Yard’
- 2008- Worked as a sideline reporter for NBC during the Redskins-Colts Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and the Redskins-Jaguars preseason finale
- 2009- Was called best NFL insider according to a USA Today survey of fans
- 2010- Again got voted as the best NFL insider that November by USA Today fan poll
- 2011- For the third straight year was voted USA Today’s best insider’
Adam became a football analyst for ESPN network in 2009 and started appearing on-air that August. The following years, Adam was included in Sports Illustrated writers for its ‘Power 40’ lists of NFL’s best coaches, players, official, media members, and executives.
More recently in 2017, Adam joined the NBA on ESPN as a sideline reporter for multiple games. His very first project was on February 15 between the Oklahoma City Thunder & the New York Knicks games. In February 2017, ESPN Audio introduced Adam’s ‘Know Them From Adam’ podcast, featuring a lengthy conversation with newscaster who has a connection to football.
Throughout his sportscasting career, Adam has been the recipient of various awards, including the ‘Most Influential Tweeter in New York’ by New York magazine, ‘Best Newsbreaker’ by online sports media, ‘People’s Sports Award’ and ‘Media Person of the Year’, all in 2014.
Body Measurements and Lifestyle
Adam Schefter is one of the most attractive NFL reporter and television analyst. Hazel-eyed silver fox Adam is one handsome man with a sophisticated appeal and great personality.
Sports journalist and award-winning reporter Adam is a combination of brain, beauty, and brawn. Adam, 51, has been defying the law of aging with his rugged looks, maintained physique and enthusiasm. He has that boy next door smile & a good guy charisma that gives him a likable on-air presence.
Quick Info
- Height: 5 feet 8 in (178cm)
- Body Measurements: N/A
- Plastic Surgery: N/A
- Weight: 80 kg (176 pounds)
Adam’s average height and well-built appearance sure do buff the news he is reporting. His black-rimmed glasses, clean shaved oval facial structure, well-combed hair and mysterious looks make him even more desirable among females. Seems like Adam follows regular workout to keep in the desired shape!
Adam lives a non-materialistic life and is active as @adamschefter with 111k followers on Instagram and as @AdamSchefter with 7.26 million on Twitter. Even though Adam earns in million, he isn’t flashy about it. His humongous bank balance has given him live a high-end life but he isn’t someone who flaunts it on social networking sites.
Family and Personal Life
Adam Schefter and Sharri Maio become husband and wife in June 2007, after a year of dating. His wife, Maio has two children in all, one with Adam and one from her previous nuptials.
A native of Valley Stream, New York, Adam grew up in Bellmore, New York, where he graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1985. Later, he attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1989. Adam earned his M.A. degree at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Quick Info
- Parents: N/A
- Wife: Sharri Maio (2007)
- Children: Devon Maio and Dylan
- Marital Status: Married
While receiving his university education, Adam initiated his newspaper career, serving as an editor at The Michigan Daily and working as a freelance journalist for the Chicago Tribune at Northwestern. Later, he earned an internship at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer prior to moving Denver in 1990, where he commenced writing for the Rocky Mountain that September and then The Denver Post following year.
Adam Schefter is long gone from living the bachelor life in New York City to living on Long Island as a family man. Adam met his wife Sharri Maio on a blind date in 2006 and shortly after began dating.
Sharri Maio, who lost her husband in the September 11, 2001 attack, has a teenage son, Devon Maio with him. In addition, Adam and Sharrio are parents to a daughter named Dylan. The family of four is happily residing on Long Island with their three dogs.