Peter Schrager (born April 20, 1982) is an American sportscaster for

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

. Previously, he worked as an analyst with

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and a sideline reporter for the

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Early life

Born in

Freehold Township, New Jersey Freehold Township is a township in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Crisscrossed by several major highways, the township is a commercial hub for Central New Jersey (home to the Freehold Raceway and Freehold Raceway M ...

, Schrager graduated from

Freehold Township High School Freehold Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The school serves st ...

and

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

Career

Schrager auditioned for ESPN's "Dream Job" contest in college but ended up writing for the company's website. He later joined FoxSports.com, in a role that included on-camera responsibilities. In addition to his gameday coverage, he was a regular contributor to ''

The Herd with Colin Cowherd ''The Herd with Colin Cowherd'' (or simply ''The Herd'') is an American sports talk show hosted by Colin Cowherd. A simulcast, it airs as both a sports talk radio show and television broadcast on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1, respectively. ...

'' and ''

The Dan Patrick Show ''The Dan Patrick Show'' is a syndicated radio and television sports talk show, hosted by former ESPN personality Dan Patrick. It is currently produced by Patrick and is syndicated to radio stations by Premiere Radio Networks, within and inde ...

''. Peter also starred alongside

Kyle Brandt Kyle Robert Brandt (born January 24, 1979) is an American television host, media personality, and actor. He is one of the hosts of '' Good Morning Football'' on NFL Network. He was executive producer of ''The Jim Rome Show'' from 2009 until 2016 ...

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, and Jamie Erdahl on NFL Network's popular weekday morning show ''

Good Morning Football ''Good Morning Football'' is a live NFL morning television program on NFL Network. The program premiered on Monday, August 1, 2016. It airs from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET. The program is hosted by Kyle Brandt, Jamie Erdahl, and Akbar Gbaja-Biamil ...

''. Schrager was a host of Good Morning Football from its inception until March 31, 2025. Schrager is also the author of two books: ''Strength of a Champion'' with

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(2013), and the ''New York Times'' Best Seller, ''Out of the Blue'' with Victor Cruz (2012). Schrager also worked as an editorial contributor for Showtime's ''

Inside the NFL ''Inside the NFL'' is an American weekly television sports show that focuses on the National Football League (NFL). Each NFL season, the program airs from Week 1 of the regular season until the week after the Super Bowl. The show principally fe ...

'', which earned a Sports Emmy in 2013 for Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly. Schrager hosts an NFL podcast, The Season with Peter Schrager, through iHeartPodcasts. Schrager joined

on April 1, 2025. In this role, he will appear on

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, First Take,

The Pat McAfee Show ''The Pat McAfee Show'' is a three-hour daily sports talk show hosted by sports commentator and former National Football League player Pat McAfee. Premiering on September 9, 2019, the program was originally distributed by DAZN and via Westwood O ...

NFL Live ''NFL Live'' (stylized as ''NFL Live presented by FanDuel Sportsbook'' for sponsorship reasons) is an American National Football League (NFL) studio show, currently airing Monday through Friday at 4:00 p.m ET on sports cable channel ESPN, and ...

, and

SportsCenter ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is an American television sports news broadcasting show broadcast by ESPN. Originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, Bob Ley, Sal Marchiano and Lou Palmer, it premiered on Septem ...

Personal life

He is married to Erica and the couple has two children, a son and a daughter.

References

External links

* 1982 births Living people Fox Sports 1 people Freehold Township High School alumni People from Freehold Township, New Jersey Emory University alumni Jewish American sports announcers 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American journalists ESPN people {{US-journalist-1980s-stub