Giants legend Phil Simms is returning to the broadcast booth after his exit from CBS. <\/p>\n
The star quarterback, who called games for NBC and CBS from 1995 to 2016, will work three Big Ten college football games on Peacock this season, NBC Sports announced Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n Simms was tabbed to serve as an analyst for the Illinois-Western Illinois game on Aug. 29, the Rutgers-Miami (OH) game on Sept. 6 and a third game to be determined alongside play-by-play announcer Paul Burmeister.<\/p>\n Phil Simms of the New York Giants warms up before a NFL football game against the Washington Redskins on October 10, 1993 at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI am very happy to be working again for NBC Sports doing college football games. I have had a great relationship with Paul Burmeister over many years so I know it going to be fun and exciting to work with him,\u201d Simms said<\/a>. \u201cI appreciate NBC for giving me this opportunity and I can\u2019t wait for the college football season to start.\u201d<\/p>\n The Super Bowl XXI MVP last played for the Giants in 1993 before joining ESPN as a studio analyst for the 1994 NFL season.<\/p>\n He was then part of NBC\u2019s lead broadcast crew with Dick Enberg and Paul Maguire for three seasons. Simms and Maguire also called a 1995 Notre Dame-Texas game with Tom Hammond for NBC.<\/p>\n Simms also announced weightlifting events during the 1996 Olympics and was a sideline reporter during NBA games.<\/p>\n When CBS acquired the AFC package from NBC in 1998, CBS hired Simms and paired him with Greg Gumbel and later Jim Nantz.<\/p>\n Phil Simms on NFL Today\u2019s coverage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada for Super Bowl LVIII. CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n Simms was an analyst for eight Super Bowls before being replaced in the booth by Tony Romo.<\/p>\n He worked as a studio analyst for CBS\u2019s \u201cTHE NFL Today\u201d from 2017 to 2023 before he was part of the network\u2019s major makeover as his contract expired. <\/p>\n Simms, who worked at the network for 26 years, exited the show alongside former Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason while Matt Ryan and JJ Watt succeeded the pair in 2024. <\/p>\n