Troy Aikman
On-Air Talent
Year Inducted: 2026
This year marks Aikman’s 25th year as one of the leading analysts in the NFL and his fifth at ESPN after he spent 20 years at Fox Sports where he began his career in 2001 after retiring earlier that year. Aikman works alongside fellow Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Joe Buck, and they have been the NFL’s most consistent broadcasting tandem, beginning their partnership in 2002 as a three-man booth with another Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer, analyst Cris Collinsworth, before becoming a duo in 2005. Over their 24 seasons together, they have called more than 400 regular-season games, more than 40 playoff matchups, 18 NFC Championship Games and Super Bowls XXXIX, XLII, XLV, XLVIII, LI and LIV.