Kirk Herbstreit reportedly being considered for NFL lead analyst role

Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler have called a couple of Monday Night Football games for ESPN in recent years, providing their college-heavy voices to the professional game.

But, could Herbstreit soon make that a more regular job?

According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Herbstreit is being considered for the lead analyst role for a Thursday night NFL game on Amazon:

Now, The Post has learned, Amazon is eyeing the biggest analyst in college football, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, for its lead NFL Thursday night game analyst spot.

Per Marchand, Herbstreit’s ESPN contract is written in a way that would allow him to call NFL games for Amazon if he wants:

While Herbstreit is under contract with ESPN for around $6-plus million per year, sources have told The Post that the way his deal is written he would be allowed to do the NFL with another entity, while continuing on college for ESPN.

With his college football primetime role and role as an analyst on College GameDay, Herbstreit’s schedule is pretty busy already. We’ll see if he decides to add a weekly NFL game to his list of duties.

Adam Spencer

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