Dan Graziano was named a National NFL Insider for ESPN in July 2016. He contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio and ESPN.com. During the NFL season, he also provides live reports from stadiums around the league on Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now.

Graziano joined ESPN in 2011 as an NFC East blogger covering the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Football Team. Two years later, ESPN established its 32-member NFL Nation Network and tabbed Graziano as the Giants reporter. In addition to writing for ESPN.com, he also appeared on NFL Insiders, the one-hour weekday pro football-themed show.

Prior to his career at ESPN, Graziano covered football and baseball for AOL Fanhouse. He also served as a national baseball writer for The Star Ledger of Newark, N.J. and the New York Yankees beat writer for the Star-Ledger.

A graduate of Georgetown University, Graziano began his sportswriting career in 1995 with The Palm Beach Post, covering the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins. He was the paper’s Marlins beat writer from 1997-99 before moving back home to New Jersey and The Star-Ledger.

Graziano is also the author of two novels: The Ultimatum and I Think She’s Trying to Tell Me Something.

Graziano is married with two children and lives in Fairfield, Conn.