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Burkhardt was the sports director of W�HT 1500 Radio in Pompton Lakes� Olsen played tight end for the Wayne Hills Patriots .

Now Burkhardt and Olsen will be calling the biggest game of the sport together , and awhole lot more : FO� Sports is elevating the pair as the network ’ s No . 1NFL broadcast tandem , replacing the pairing of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman , who left FO� to broadcast ��nday �igh� �����a�� on ESPN .

Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi will return as sideline reporters .

The arrangement comes at acriti- cal time for FO� , as it will broadcast two of the next three Super Bowls , including the 2023 Super Bowl set for Feb . 12 at State Farm Stadium in �lendale , Arizona . The network also has the 2025 Super Bowl , scheduled for Feb . 9 , 2025 atthe Caesars Superdome in New Orleans . Burkhardt and Olsen worked together last season asthe network ’ s No . 2team to rave reviews , with the latter making the transition from Pro Bowl tight end tothe booth . How long their partnership lasts beyond 2022 depends onthe playing future of Tom Brady , who reportedly inked

a 10-year , $ 375 million deal to join Burkhardt in FO� ’ sNo . 1booth . Brady ended his brief retirement and announced he was returning to the game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .

Since joining FO� , Burkhardt has been the play-by-play caller for about two dozen auditions with prospective analysts . Ofthat group , heconsidered Olsen , whose high school games he broadcast as the sports director of W�HT 1500 Radio in Pompton Lakes , in aclass of his own .

Burkhardt said two years ago that he believed Olsen was destined to become the next big thing in broadcasting . Now they ’ ll be together for at least one more season , and in front of some of the biggest television audiences anywhere . “ Last season , Kevin and �reg showed viewers their undeniable chemistry and ability to call football at an elite level ,” FO� Sports president of production�operations and executive producer Brad �ager says . “ We can ’ twait for fans to see what they ’ re going to bring to America ’ s �ame of the Week �on FO�� , the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl 57 .”

Burkhardt ’ s journey has certainly taken its share of memorable twists and turns . After graduating from William Paterson University in 1997 , he took over as sports director at W�HT Radio , a1,000-watt , daytime-