Samantha Ponder is an American sports reporter, best known as the host of the ESPN program Sunday NFL Countdown. She has been associated with the network since her college days. She interned at ESPN Zone initially and even joined ABC-TV as a researcher assistant. She then earned a job at Liberty University, where she also studied. She soon started reporting for the university's athletic team, Liberty Flames. Ponder also reported for Fox Sports Net and Fox College Sports. She then joined the ESPN Longhorn Network, where she was a sideline reporter for the program Thursday Night College Football and a co-host of College Football GameDay. Ponder began hosting the show NFL Countdown in 2017, and with that, she became the third person to host the show in its 33-year history.
