Mark Harold Pike was an American football linebacker, defensive end, and special teamer who played twelve seasons in the National Football League with the Buffalo Bills.
Mark Pike spent his entire 13-year NFL career with the Buffalo Bills after he was a seventh-round pick in 1986.
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Mark Pike was one of the top standouts on special teams coverage units for the 1990’s AFC champion Bills.
Mark Pike was born on December 27, 1963, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Mark Pike died on December 8, 2021 at the age of 57, from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a type of cancer that begins in your lymphatic system, the body’s germ-fighting immune system. The condition occurs when the body produces too many abnormal lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell.
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Mark Pike was also suffering from pneumonia after contracting COVID-19 around the time of his death.
Mark Pike left behind his wife, Sarah Pike and two sons Zeke and Malachi Pike.
Who Is Mark Pike’s Son Zeke Pike?
Zeke Pike is Mike Pike’s oldest son.
Zeke Pike graduated from Dixie Heights in 2012. Zeke Pike, a five-star recruit at quarterback, signed with Auburn in 2012 but derailed his football career with drug and alcohol problems.
Zeke Pike was a starter for Dixie Heights’ Ninth Region championship basketball team in 2011.
Zeke Pike overcame his drug and alcohol problems and is now a motivational speaker and entrepreneur.
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