Matt Millen

NFL Studio and College Football Analyst

Former NFL player, executive and broadcaster Matt Millen joined ESPN as an NFL and college football analyst in August 2009. His role includes college football game analysis during the regular season and Bowl games, and contributing to ESPN’s NFL Studio coverage throughout the year, appearing on Monday Night Countdown, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and other programs. Millen will travel to the site of each week’s Monday Night Football game, where he will appear on Monday Night Countdown and the pre- and post-game editions of SportsCenter.

Millen’s nearly 30 years of NFL experience as a player (1980-91), broadcaster (1992-2001) and team president for the Detroit Lions (2001-09) gives him an informative and unique perspective on the game.

Millen was a member of four Super Bowl championship teams during his 12-year NFL career as a linebacker with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (1980-88), San Francisco 49ers (1989-90) and Washington Redskins (1991). A Pro Bowl selection in 1988, Millen finished his career with 11 sacks, nine interceptions and eight fumble recoveries. A second-round pick (No. 43 overall) in the 1980 NFL Draft by the Raiders, Millen was an All-American defensive tackle in college at Penn State.

Following his playing career, Millen began television work in 1992, working on NFL games for CBS and later Fox Sports, where he earned much acclaim. Millen also provided analysis for Monday Night Football games on the Westwood One radio network.

He then left broadcasting in 2001 and became team president for the Detroit Lions, where he worked eight years. Millen returned to television in spring of 2009 as a guest analyst on NBC's pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLIII and during the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs.

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