Jesse Palmer

College Football Analyst

Jesse Palmer joined ESPN in 2007 as a college football analyst. The former University of Florida quarterback joined the network a few years after five seasons in the NFL. Before 2008, Palmer primarily worked in the studio.

Palmer’s broadcast career began with Fox Sports Net, for whom he did analysis for Arena Football League games. He also was a game and studio analyst for CSTV before joining Fox in late 2005, when he did analysis on NFL games during the regular season. He also has been featured as an analyst on the NFL Network and has done studio work with MSG.

In 2008, Palmer became an analyst for ESPN College Football Primetime telecasts, joining Chris Fowler (play-by-play) and Craig James (analyst) in the booth. In addition to the Thursday night games, Palmer serves as a studio analyst on College Football Live, ESPN’s daily college football show at 3:30 p.m., and Saturdays, primarily on ESPN2 with host Wendi Nix.

From 1997-2000 at Florida, Palmer alternated at quarterback with Doug Johnson, and then Rex Grossman. In 14 starts through 27 games played, Palmer is eighth on the Gators’ career-record list with 3,755 yards passing, and ninth in career touchdown passes with 31. For his career, he completed 254 passes. He also was named to the Southeastern Conference’s academic honor roll in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and earned the Dr. Lombardi GPA Award in the spring of 1999.

The New York Giants selected Palmer 125th overall in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He spent four years with the Giants. In 2003, starting three of the six games in which he played, Palmer completed 60 passes for 532 yards and three touchdowns. In 2005, he briefly spent time with the San Francisco 49ers, and later played for the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes.

A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Palmer is fluent in French. His father, Bill, also played in the CFL, with the Ottawa Rough Riders. Jesse’s brother, Billy, played college football at Notre Dame.

Palmer, who graduated from Florida with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and political science, now resides in New York City.

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