JJ Watt, a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and the 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, joined CBS Sports in 2023. Starting with the 2025-26 NFL season, he will team with Ian Eagle and Evan Washburn to form the Network’s No. 2 NFL ON CBS announce team. He served as a studio analyst on THE NFL TODAY for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.

Drafted by the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of Wisconsin (No. 11 overall), Watt played 12 NFL seasons with the Texans (2011-20) and Arizona Cardinals (2021-22). A five-time NFL First-Team All Pro and five-time Pro Bowl selection, Watt was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year three times and also honored as the 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. He is the only player in NFL history to record multiple seasons with at least 20 sacks and finished his career with 114.5 sacks.