Former University of Texas and NFL linebacker Sam Acho joined ESPN in 2021 as part of the platform's comprehensive college football coverage team, primarily serving as a lead studio voice on college football Saturdays on ESPN2 and calling select college football matchups.
In addition to his college football duties, which include regular appearances on SportsCenter, Get Up and College Football Live, the Lifetime Longhorn contributes as an NFL analyst across ESPN studio programming. He also contributes to ESPN's XFL game coverage as an analyst.
Acho's first book, Let the World See You: How to Be Real in a World Full of Fakes, was released in October 2020. In it he shares lessons from his own life as well as stories from others to reveal how you can overcome your fears and discover your true selves. His second book, Change Starts With You: Following Your Fire to Heal a Broken World, was released in March 2023.
