Doering was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1973. He attended P.K. Yonge High School in Gainesville, where he was a standout prep athlete for the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave in three sports.
College career
Doering attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he was a walk-on player for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team in 1991. The Gators coaching staff decided to redshirt him in 1991, and subsequently Doering received an athletic scholarship and played for the Gators from 1992 to 1995. Doering not only earned a scholarship, the former walk-on set records: Doering caught 149 receptions for 2,107 yards and thirty-one touchdowns during his career at Florida. His best-remembered play as a Gator was the game-winning touchdown pass he caught from Gators quarterbackDanny Wuerffel to defeat the Kentucky Wildcats, 24–20, in 1993. Sometimes called "The Catch," it is also remembered as "Doering's Got a Touchdown" after the repeated exclamation made by Gator radio hostMick Hubert during his broadcast of the game. During his four seasons as a Gator, the team won three straight Southeastern Conference championships ; as senior team captain in 1995, he received first-team All-SEC and second-team All-American honors. Doering graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in 1995, and he was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2006. He was picked as the No. 19 greatest Gator from the first 100 years of Florida football in a 2006 article series published by The Gainesville Sun.
Professional career
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Doering in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, but the Jaguars traded him to the Indianapolis Colts before the start of the season. He played for the Colts in three games in two seasons, but saw little action. The Colts waived him February 1998. The Cincinnati Bengals signed Doering a week later, but waived him before the regular season began. In, Doering signed with the Denver Broncos and appeared in three games. During the preseason, he ruptured his Achilles tendon and was sidelined for the rest of the season, but returned to the Broncos' practice squad in. The Washington Redskins, led by Doering's former Gators coach Steve Spurrier, signed him as a free agent in, and he appeared in fifteen games and started three for the Redskins, compiling eighteen receptions for 192 yards and two touchdowns. In, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed him, and he saw action in nineteen games through, with eighteen catches for 240 yards and a touchdown. Doering finished his journeyman NFL career with forty-two receptions for 476 yards and three touchdowns.
Life after football
Doering was co-host a sports radio talk show called "The Sports Fix" and broadcast on ESPN Radio AM 900 and AM 1230 in Gainesville and Ocala, Florida and an occasional sideline reporter for Westwood One football coverage. In August 2015 Doering joined ESPN as a studio analyst after previously contributing to SEC Network events and ESPN specials. He signed a multi-year contract extension to continue in his role as a contributor across ESPN and SEC Network programming, including SEC Network's signature news and information show, SEC Now. Doering operates and is president of a home loan mortgage brokerage in Gainesville. He has two children. Doering, along with former Gator teammate Judd Davis, plays jai alai matches at Ocala Poker and Jai Alai, without an audience or wagering, in order to satisfy Florida licensing requirements for the facility's card room.
