Jeff Saturday

Super Bowl champion and six-time Pro Bowl center Jeff Saturday is a former American football center, current sports analyst for ESPN, and interim head coach for the Indianapolis Colts for the National Football League (NFL).

Saturday’s NFL career spanned 13 years with the Indianapolis Colts (1999-2011) and one year with the Green Bay Packers (2012). Though he entered the league as an undrafted free agent, Saturday was a key player on the Colts teams that won Super Bowl XLI and represented the AFC in Super Bowl XLIV. The Sporting News named him to the NFL All-Decade Team (2000-09), and he achieved first-team All-Pro honors twice (2005, 2007) and second-team All-Pro twice. His leadership and teamwork significantly contributed to his teams' successes, including two AFC championships.

Over a decade-long period with the Colts, Saturday anchored an offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the league (242), and his 132 career wins as a Colt are second only to Peyton Manning (141) in franchise history. Together, Saturday and Manning started an NFL record 172 games as a center-quarterback duo. In addition to teaming with the four-time NFL MVP quarterback in Indianapolis, Saturday played his final season under center with 2011 NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. He earned his sixth Pro Bowl appearance there and helped the Packers win the NFC North. Following the 2012 season, Saturday signed a one-day contract with Indianapolis to officially retire as a Colt. He was inducted into the Colts Ring of Honor in 2015.

An active member of his community and a contributor to numerous charitable endeavors, Saturday supports Kids’ Voice of Indiana, People’s Burn Foundation of Indiana, the Riley Hospital for Children, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. He and his wife, Karen, have three children: Jeffrey, Savannah, and Joshua. They reside in the Atlanta area. A native of Atlanta, Ga., Saturday attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where he earned a degree in business. The two-year captain and four-year letterman (1994-97) was named to the All-ACC first-team at center in 1996 and 1997, as well as the conference’s All-Academic team in 1997. In his post-retirement career, Saturday has emerged as a sought-after speaker on topics such as leadership, motivation, and teambuilding, often drawing on his NFL experiences and personal faith.