Meet the voices of the Pro Bowl Skills competition: ESPN’s star-studded broadcast booth revealed

The NFL 2025 Pro Bowl Games begin tonight with the Skills Show, followed by the Championship on Sunday, February 2. This two-day event features the NFL’s biggest stars and is held in Orlando, Florida this year.

Full AFC and NFC rosters for the 2025 Pro Bowl

On Thursday, January 30, the Pro Bowl Skills Show will be from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Eastern Time). It will include six skills competitions: Passing the Test, Satisfying Catches Presented by Snickers, The Big Spike, Relay Race, Helmet Harmony and Dodgeball Presented by Bud Light.

On Sunday, February 2, the remaining events will be held, including the flag football game. Here’s the order of events for Sunday:

• 12 p.m. ET - NFL International Flag Championship Game: Boys and girls from across the U12 division will compete in a championship game amongst peers from around the world.
• 1 p.m. ET - NFL Flag High School Girls Showcase presented by Visa: High school girls, selected by USA TODAY’s Sports Super 25 Girls Flag Football High School Poll, will compete in the NFL’s inaugural flag football competition. It will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
• 1:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET - Pregame Entertainment: Cynthia Felund and Kyle Brandt will host a pregame show with interviews with fans and players, prize giveaways, cheerleading performances, mascots, and DJ Jon Blak. Country music artist Presley Tennant will sing the National Anthem and the Orlando Choral Society and Singing Knights will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing”.
• 3 p.m. ET - 2025 Pro Bowl Games: The AFC and NFC teams will compete in a 7x7 flag football showdown, featuring 88 of the NFL’s best players. The four other skills competitions - EA Sports Madden NFL 25 Challenge, Punt Perfect, The Great Football Race and Tug-of-War - will take place following each quarter of the game.

ESPN’s star-studded broadcast booth for Pro Bowl Games

Thursday’s events will air on ESPN and ESPN+. Sunday’s events will be aired across ESPN, ABC, Disney XD, and ESPN+. Spanish-language editions will be available on ESPN Deportes for both days' events and NFL+ and NFL digital platforms will also cover all events.

Fan favorites, brothers Peyton Manning and Eli Manning, return as the coaches for the AFC and NFC teams, respectively and will be mic’d up on the sidelines.

For the Pro Bowl Skills Show on Thursday, Laura Rutledge, Ryan Clark, Dan Orlovsky (returning for a second year), and Marcus Spears will commentate the first six skills competitions. They will be joined by actor and TV host Terry Crews, who will also periodically speak with the Manning brothers on their plans for the competition. Earlier in the day, they will also be joined by Mina Kines.

On Sunday, Orlovsky will be in the broadcast booth with his co-broadcaster from last year, Scott Van Pelt‚ but this year, they’ll also be joined by seven-time Pro Bowler Jason Kelce in the broadcast booth for the first time. Clark, Spears, and Michelle Beisner-Buck will also be a part of Sunday’s coverage on the sidelines and Rutledge will host the remaining four skills competitions.

Rutledge and Orlovsky will also call the NFL Flag High School Girls Showcase on Sunday.

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