Robert Griffin III lands stunning new job with broadcast rival after ESPN firing

Robert Griffin III lands stunning new job with broadcast rival after ESPN firing

Robert Griffin III has landed a new job with an ESPN rival after the network fired him last August.

Griffin and Sam Ponder were both let go in what was described as a cost-cutting decision from ESPN.

Now, Griffin is set to return to the air with Fox Sports as a college football game analyst, as reported by The Athletic.

According to the report, Griffin is expected to be hired as the company’s No. 2 game analyst for college football and team up with play-by-play man Jason Benetti.

Griffin has not officially signed the contract – and ESPN does have the right to block the move – though it is reportedly expected to go through.

Fox previously considered hiring Griffin to be a part of its college football studio show, ‘Big Noon Kickoff’, but the move ultimately did not come to fruition and he remained at ESPN. 

Robert Griffin III has reportedly landed a new job after being fired by ESPN in August

Robert Griffin III has reportedly landed a new job after being fired by ESPN in August

Griffin, married to Grete Griffin, was replaced by Jason Kelce on ESPN's Monday NFL coverage

Griffin, married to Grete Griffin, was replaced by Jason Kelce on ESPN’s Monday NFL coverage

As part of his new job, the former NFL quarterback may occasionally show up on Fox’s studio shows, The Athletic said.

The outlet previously reported that Griffin and Ponder were each making north of $1million per year at ESPN before they were let go just before the start of the last NFL season.

Griffin had worked on ‘Monday Night Countdown’ while Ponder hosted ‘NFL Countdown.’

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Griffin did appear on the studio show for Netflix’s slate of Christmas NFL games last year but he was otherwise mostly off the air after being axed by ESPN.

The former Washington, Cleveland and Baltimore pᴀsser made headlines recently as he appeared to criticize his ex-employer for an on-air debate about Jackie Robinson.

‘Sports shows on TV should be about sports not politics,’ he said, in response to an ‘Around the Horn’ segment about Robinson’s Department of Defense webpage briefly being taken down amid the government’s DEI purge.

Griffin, the second overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, started his NFL career with a bang as he won Offensive Rookie of the Year.

However, his career was quickly derailed by injuries and he never reached the same heights before ultimately retiring in 2021.

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