Chris Fowler was the ESPN commentator announced for College Football 25 alongside Kirk Herbstreit.
Fowler serves primarily as the play-by-play voice, while Herbstreit provides analysis. Their pairing mirrors ESPN and ABC’s prominent real-world college-football broadcast team, making them a natural fit for the game’s biggest matchups. EA used the duo in major presentation contexts, including games designated as weekly “Game of the Week” contests.
The answer can be confused with other ESPN personalities connected to the game. Rece Davis and Desmond Howard are associated with College GameDay-style studio presentation, while Jesse Palmer and Kevin Connors also contribute to the broader commentary package. They are part of the game’s wider ESPN talent lineup, but they are not the specific commentator asked for in this pairing.
Fowler and Herbstreit were also familiar voices to players of earlier college-football games. Their return helped link the modern EA Sports title with the broadcast identity fans had come to associate with major college football.