page_title: Maria Taylor (analyst)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Maria Taylor (analyst) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Maria Taylor, ESPN commentator, at the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
context_page_description: Suzette Maria Taylor is an analyst and host for ESPN and the SEC Network. She covers college football, college volleyball, and college men's and women's basketball.
context_section_description: Prior to 2012, Taylor was reporter and host for IMG College at the University of Georgia for three years. She also appeared on various studio shows including Dawg Report, SEC Men's Basketball Tonight, and SportsNite.
  In 2013, she was the sideline reporter on ESPN2’s weekly Saturday-night primetime college football telecast in addition to the Orange Bowl, her second consecutive year covering the annual bowl game.  She has been an analyst on the NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Show, NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Preview Show and also ESPN's coverage of both the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and Women's Volleyball National Championship for the previous two years.
  Maria Taylor joined the SEC Network in 2014. She is a college football reporter on SEC Network with commentator Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer.  She is also an analyst on other SEC telecasts, including volleyball and women's basketball.  In 2017, Maria joined the ESPN College GameDay broadcast team as reporter and host, replacing Samantha Ponder, and was an ESPN host and reporter for the College Football Playoff between the University of Georgia and the University of Oklahoma. Subsequently, she was a host and reporter for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia. Taylor works the ABC broadcast of Saturday night football as a sideline reporter, with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit calling the game from the booth.
  In 2019, Taylor began hosting NBA Countdown, the pre-game show for ESPN's Friday night and Sunday afternoon NBA games.
caption: Taylor covering the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship.
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