Longtime NFL reporter JIM TROTTER covers football forESPN. He started his career in San Diego, where he worked up the ladder from preps reporter to lead NFL writer at theSan Diego Union-Tribune.He then joinedSports Illustratedas a senior writer for more than a decade.Trotter has appeared on numerous national media outlets, including CNN, Fox News, ESPN, NFL Network, andThe Jim Rome Show. He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee.