Category: Athlete Appearances, Christian Athletes, Football, Top Christian Speakers, Top Football Speakers
Highlights: Jason Witten plays tight end for the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders. He previously spent 16 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, where he was an 11-time Pro Bowler and two time first-team All-Pro.
Travels From: Nevada
Fee Range: $30,001 - $50,000
Jason Witten is an NFL tight end who spent 16 seasons from 2003-2017 and 2019 with the Dallas Cowboys. Witten was highly celebrated during his time in Dallas, which included 11 Pro Bowl selections and is tied with Hall of Famer Bob Lilly for most Pro Bowls ever by a Cowboys player. He was also named two times each a first-team All-Pro and second-team All-Pro. He holds numerous Cowboys career records, including most yards receiving (12,977) and receptions (1,215).
A 3rd round draft pick in 2003 by the Cowboys, Witten established a reputation for durability throughout his career as evidenced by his playing in 239 straight games and starting 229 of them, both NFL records for a tight end. In 2007, Witten set a career-high in receiving yards with 1,145. He also caught 96 passes and had seven touchdown receptions. Witten produced back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns in 2009 and 2010, hauling in a career-best nine touchdown receptions in the latter year. Witten’s 110 catches in 2012 set another career-high and an all-time record among tight ends while he amassed 1,039 yards of receiving.
In 2018, Witten retired and went to work as a color analyst for ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcasts. He came out of retirement in 2019 to play another season with the Cowboys before joining the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020. Born on May 6, 1982 in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Witten played college football at Tennessee under head coach Phillip Fulmer and received All-SEC honors his junior season. Witten has been recognized numerous times for his community involvement through his SCORE Foundation and received the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award (2012), Bart Starr Award (2013) and Roger Staubach Award (2018). He also presents each year to a deserving Division I college football player the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award. A devout Christian, Witten discussed his faith in a video that appeared on the “I Am Second” platform.
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