Tim Tebow was playing football for the Philadelphia Eagles last week, but was released during last weekend’s final cutdowns.
This weekend, he’ll be back on TV talking about football. The ESPN-owned SEC Network announced Wednesday that Tebow will be back on SEC Nation, its traveling pregame show, this Saturday. Greg McElroy, another former NFL quarterback, had been holding Tebow’s seat while he gave the NFL what may be his last try.
Most thought Tebow was done playing last year, when he spent the season working for SEC Network, but he signed with the Eagles last April. He threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in the preseason for the Eagles, who initially kept two quarterbacks and added a third following the release of Tebow and trade of Matt Barkley last weekend.
Tebow last played two regular-season games for the Jets in 2012. He signed a three-year deal with ESPN in Dec. 2013 that did not preclude him from continuing to pursue his NFL career.