Shadeed Sharpe used to watch Sunday NFL Countdown at home. But for the past seven years – working first as a hard camera operator and for the last three seasons as the lead Steadicam operator, the 11-year ESPN employee traded his seat on the couch for a place in the studio, helping create the very show he’s loved watching since he was a young fan.
“To be able to come to this point, to be able to work on the show every week as a big NFL fan, there’s no place I’d rather be,†he said. “If I’m going to be at work on a Sunday, then this is the show I want to work on.â€
In the video above, Sharpe invites fans into the Chris Berman–Tom Jackson Studio in Digital Center 2, the home of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown.
Shelby L. Lacy produced the video.
