Gary Danielson, CBS College -Analyst to retire after 2025

New York – The long -time CBS Sports College football analyst Gary Danielson will retire after the 2025 season.

That will be his 36-season on TV, which makes him the longest distributed college football analyst in every network.

“I have discussed the timing of this moment with CBS Sports Leadership in recent years and we were of the opinion that it was important that I stayed with the team during our transition to the big ten. When we enter our second full season from Big Totball and my 20th time at CBS Sports, the timing just feels right on Wednesday.

Danielson, who turns 74 in September, played 11 seasons in the NFL before he came to ESPN in 1990. He called 16 seasons for ESPN and ABC before he came to CBS in 2006.

CBS was wearing the top game of the Southeasters Conference in the 2023 season. It had a limited big ten time plan in 2023 before the game was born at 3:30 p.m. ET last season.

“Gary Danielson is simply one of the biggest college football analysts of all time. And an even better teammate,” said David Berson, President and CEO of CBS Sports, in a statement. “Gary cares more to raise others and ensure that the team receives all awards. During his 20 years here he helped CBS Sports to the gold standard in reporting on College football. We cannot thank him enough; he will always be part of the CBS sports family and wish him the best in retirement.”

CBS announced that Charles Davis will take over the main analyst next year. From 2007-14 FOX ‘leading college football analyst, Davis, before moving full-time to NFL games. He came to CBS in 2020 and spent the last five seasons as an analyst in No. 2 crew of the network with Ian Eagle.

At the beginning of his career, Davis worked five seasons as the main analyst for TBS game reporting on the BIG 12 and PAC-10 conferences.

Davis will work some NFL games for CBS this season, but JJ Watt will switch from “The NFL Today” Studio to analyst at Eagle.

“Gary has been the outstanding voice in College football for decades and someone I have admired and respected for a long time,” said Davis. “It is difficult to imagine that College Football Samed Day is enthusiastic without him, but I am enthusiastic that we get it with him last season. There is no substitute for Gary, but I am really honored and humble to let him down and play with Brad Nessler and The Incredible Big Team in the CBS team.”