Former Kentucky star Randall Cobb joins SEC Network team as studio analyst

The SEC Network is adding a former Kentucky legend and longtime NFL wide receiver in Randall Cobb. Following his retirement from football this offseason, Cobb will now cover college football as part of the SECN.

The ESPN Press Room posted a release announcing Cobb’s hire with the SEC Network and gave some details on his role. You can read those here:

“Former NFL Pro Bowler Randall Cobb is set to join SEC Network as a college football studio analyst. Cobb played in the NFL for 13 seasons, including 10 years with the Green Bay Packers. He will appear on select editions of SEC Now throughout the fall and will also join co-host Alyssa Lang on Out of Pocket Presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors to fuse football and fun each week.”

Randall Cobb also provided the following statement himself:

“I am incredibly excited to be coming home to the SEC with this new role. The level of greatness this conference provides year after year is unmatched – I cannot wait return to the conference family with this SEC Network crew.”

Cobb is a Tennessee native, played college ball at Kentucky, and then spent his first nine NFL seasons in Green Bay alongside Aaron Rodgers. He made a few different stops in the back half of his career — in Dallas, Houston, back at Green Bay — before ultimately retiring after one year as a New York Jet.

2023 was the only season in which Randall Cobb failed to reach 375 receiving yards, accumulating just 39 total on five catches in his final year. He had recorded between 375 and 450 each of the previous three seasons, modest numbers, but certainly better than his production in New York.

At his best, Cobb was a featured piece of the Green Bay offense during Aaron Rodgers’ prime years. Cobb only eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in one season, 2014, when he hauled in 1,287 yards worth of receptions to help Rodgers win MVP while the Packers made a run to the NFC Championship.

Randall Cobb enjoyed one of the longest careers of anyone in the 2011 NFL Draft class, largely thanks to his consistency and reliability with an all-time great QB. Plus, he hit the 600-yard mark six times throughout his decade-plus career in the league.

Now, he’ll get to impart the wisdom of his playing career to the fans who tune in to watch SEC football each week.