JONATHAN VILMA ANALYST, FOX NFL

Super Bowl champion and three-time Pro Bowler joins FOX Sports in 2020 as an NFL game analyst alongside play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert and reporter Shannon Spake. A 10-year veteran NFL , BCS national champion and prominent studio analyst the past several years, Vilma makes his NFL analyst debut on Sundays this fall.

Prior to FOX Sports, Vilma spent four years at ABC and ESPN, serving as a color commentator for ABC’s college pregame, halftime and postgame shows in 2018 and 2019, and as an ESPN college football analyst beginning in 2016. Vilma also regularly appeared on several ESPN programs, including “Get Up” and “First Take,” in addition to time at NBC and NBCSN as a pregame and halftime analyst covering Notre Dame football in 2015.

He was selected out of the by the as the 12th pick in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. After being named the 2004 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press, Vilma went on to lead the league in tackles (173) in 2005 and was named to his first on the strength of 128 solo tackles, six passes defensed, four forced and one . After suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 7 of the 2007 season, the defensive leader was traded to the in February 2008.

The New Orleans partnership was a fruitful one, with Vilma serving as a defensive captain in the Saints’ run to the XLIV title in 2009, a season in which he led the club in tackles (110) with two sacks and three . Vilma retired following the 2013 season and was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in October 2017.

A standout at the University of Miami, Vilma helped lead the team to the 2001 BCS National Championship, in addition to earning a spot on the All-BIG EAST First Team (2001) and All- American honors (2003). He was selected three times to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team, earned the Jack Lambert Trophy (2003) and was a finalist for the in his senior year (2003). That same year, he led the squad for the third time in tackles with 127 (81 solo), one sack, one forced and three fumble recoveries. The son of Haitian immigrant parents, Vilma founded the Jonathan Vilma Foundation in 2010 after the Haiti earthquake to assist with the country’s rebuilding efforts, with a focus on a charter school for children ages elementary through high school. He was named to the Orange Bowl Committee in 2018 and serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of Miami as Chairman of Student Affairs. Vilma was born and grew up in Coral Gables, Fla., where he attended Coral Gables High School. He graduated from the University of Miami’s School of Business Administration with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He currently resides in Miami with his daughter, Samaara. You may follow Vilma on Instagram at @jonvilma.

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