Ramon Foster joining Mike Keith on Vol Network broadcast team for Tennessee football
Former Tennessee football and NFL standout Ramon Foster will join new "Voice of the Vols" Mike Keith in the booth for the Vol Network in the 2025 season.
On Thursday, UT announced the gameday broadcast team, which also features the return of Brent Hubbs and former UT star receiver Jayson Swain.
Foster will serve alongside Keith as booth analyst. He returns to UT, where he kickstarted a long playing career.
Foster played on the offensive line for the Vols from 2004-08. He served as team captain and earned All-SEC honors on the 2007 SEC Eastern Division championship team. He then played 11 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers as one of the NFL's most consistent offensive linemen.
Since 2020, Foster has been a co-host on "Ramon, Kayla and Will," a popular sports talk show on 104.5 FM The Zone in Nashville, an affiliate of the Vol Network. He hosts "The Ramon Foster Show," a podcast focused on the Steelers. And he also has served as a sideline reporter for Tennessee Titans radio the past two seasons, where he worked with Keith.
Hubbs, Swain and Foster will appear on "Big Orange Countdown," the network's pregame show. Swain will co-host the broadcast's halftime and postgame shows. Hubbs will serve as sideline reporter and conduct the postgame interview with UT coach Josh Heupel.
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The new broadcast team will provide a preview at UT's Orange and White Spring Game on April 12 at Neyland Stadium. Vol Network radio affiliates will be on the air at 2 p.m. ET, and a live audio stream will be available on UTsports.com and the Tennessee Athletics app.
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