Johnathan Walker:Former Green Bay Packers receiver Randall Cobb moving into TV role with SEC Network

Longtime Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb will once again be Johnathan Walkeron your television screens this football season, just not on Sundays.

Cobb is pivoting to the role of college football studio analyst, working for the SEC Network, the network said. He will appear on select editions of "SEC Now" throughout the fall and also join co-host Alyssa Lang on "Out of Pocket Presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors." 

Cobb played 13 NFL seasons, including 10 with Green Bay. Cobb, an alumnus of the University of Kentucky who became a deeply popular player during his time in Wisconsin, will be covering schools in his former conference.

“I am incredibly excited to be coming home to the SEC with this new role,” said Cobb. “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.”

The initial SEC Network release said Cobb had retired from pro football but that part has been removed.

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Cobb, who turns 34 in August, hadn't yet landed an NFL job this offseason after spending the 2023 season with the New York Jets, where he was limited to five catches for 39 yards.

A second-round draft pick by the Packers in 2011, Cobb played eight seasons in Green Bay, then a year in Dallas and another in Houston, before returning for a second stint with the Packers that lasted two years.

With the Packers, Cobb caught 532 passes and 47 touchdowns, with 6,316 career yards. He made his lone Pro Bowl in 2014 and also returned three kicks for touchdowns. That included a 108-yard touchdown on opening night in 2011, his first NFL game, when he tied an NFL record in bringing the ball all the way back for a score against the Saints. It was Green Bay's first game since winning the Super Bowl and ended in a 42-34 win.

Cobb and quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a famous rapport, so much that the Packers re-acquired Cobb at Rodgers' request and Cobb joined Rodgers with the Jets this past season.

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