Sam Carchidi

Sam Carchidi has been a sportswriter and columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer since 1984. He has written for several national publications, and he was one of The Philadelphia Inquirer reporters who contributed to the books Worst to First: The Story of the 1993 Phillies. In 2001, he and Scott Brown coauthored the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story. Carchidi wrote Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports in 2006. Kevin Everett was born on February 5, 1982, the son of Patricia Dugas. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas, where he earned honors such as the Houston Chronicle Texas Top 100, Dallas Morning News Texas Top 100 and Texas Football Top 20 tight end honors. After high school, Kevin Everett moved on to Kilgore (Texas) College, where he was a two-time First Team All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference pick, ranked the second-best junior college player in the nation by Allen Wallace's Super Prep. After transferring to the University of Miami, Everett was a tight end for the Hurricanes and became the 86th overall pick by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Everett made his first career start in 2006.