Robert Griffin III won a new job with an ESPN rival after the network dismissed him last August.
Griffin and Sam Ponder were both released in what was described as a decision to reduce the costs of ESPN.
Now Griffin is expected to return to the air with Fox Sports as an university football game analyst, as The Athletic reported.
According to the report, Griffin should be hired as a game analyst n ° 2 of the company for university football and associate with the playman Jason Benetti.
Griffin has not officially signed the contract – and ESPN has the right to block the move – although it should pass.
Fox previously considered Griffin’s hiring as part of his university football studio show, “ Big Noon Kickoff ”, but the move was not materialized and he remained in ESPN.
Robert Griffin III would have won a new job after being dismissed by ESPN in August
GRIFFIN, married to Grete GRIFFIN, was replaced by Jason KELCE on the Monday coverage of the NFL of ESPN
As part of its new job, the former NFL quarter-Arrière can sometimes present itself in Fox studio programs, athletics said.
The point of sale previously pointed out that Griffin and Ponder each were north of $ 1 million a year in ESPN before being released just before the start of the last NFL season.
Griffin had worked on “Monday Night Countdown” while Ponder welcomed “NFL Countdown”.
Griffin appeared in the studio Show for NFL NFL games from NFL last year, but he was also in condition after being ax by ESPN.
The former Washington passer, Cleveland and Baltimore recently made the headlines when he seemed to criticize his ex-employer for a branch debate on Jackie Robinson.
“Sports on television should concern sports and not politics,” he said, in response to a “spawn” segment on the web page of the Ministry of Defense of Robinson briefly removed in the middle of the government’s purge.
Griffin, the second overall choice of NFL 2012 draft, started his career in the NFL with a blow when he won the offensive recruit of the year.
However, his career quickly derailed by injuries and he never reached the same heights before retiring in 2021.
