Samantha Ponder Salary, ESPN, Net Worth 2023, Age, Family, Height, Husband Worth, Children

Samantha Ponder Salary 2023

Samantha Ponder’s salary is $3 million a year, and she gets a monthly salary of $250,000; she is an American sportscaster. Samantha currently serves as a host of Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN.

Samantha Ponder Net Worth 2023

Samantha Ponder is estimated to have a net worth of $15 million as of 2023. She has accumulated her net worth with the versatility she has shown in each field she has worked in. Her primary source of income is her media career. As she progresses in her career, her net worth is projected to rise.

Samantha Ponder Biography

Samantha Ponder is an American sportscaster and the host of Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN. Prior to hosting Sunday NFL Countdown, she served as a reporter and host for ESPN college football as well as a basketball sideline reporter.

She replaced Erin Andrews on College GameDay Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN and co-hosted the Saturday 9 a.m. ET edition on ESPNU. In addition to her duties on College Gameday, Samantha had been the regular sideline reporter for ESPN’s Thursday Night College Football with Rece Davis and Jesse Palmer, alongside David Pollack, from August 2012 until 2014.

Samantha also appeared on the ESPN-owned Texas-oriented regional network Longhorn Network.

Samantha Ponder Wiki

Birth name: Samantha Sainte-Claire Steele
Date of birth: December 11, 1985

Place of birth: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Samantha Ponder age: 37 years (as of 2022)

Birth sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5′ 6″

Spouse: Christian Ponder (m. 2012)
Education: Central High School

Profession: Sports commentator

Salary: Over $3 Million per year
Net worth: 15 million dollars (2023)

Samantha Ponder Age

Ponder is 37 years old as of 2022; she was born on December 11, 1985, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. She normally celebrates her birthday with her family and close friends every year on December 11. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

Samantha Ponder Height

Samantha stands at an average height of 5 feet, 6 inches, or approximately 1.68 meters. Her weight, hair color, eye color, waist, and bust size will be updated as soon as the details are available.

Samantha Ponder Parents and Siblings

Samantha is the daughter of Cindi Steele and Jerry Steele. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States, along with her two siblings named Jerrod Jefferson (JJ) and Barron Steele.

Samantha Ponder Education

Samantha attended Central High School in Phoenix. She first attended The King’s College in New York City after high school, and while in New York City, she applied for a hostess job at ESPN Zone.

Samantha Ponder Husband

Ponder is married to the famous American football player Christian Ponder. After dating for some time, the pair married on December 17, 2012, in Hudson, Wisconsin. Since then, Ponder has started appearing on ESPN and ABC broadcasts using her married name.

On July 2, 2014, the pair became parents of a daughter, Bowden Sainte-Claire, who was named after Christian’s coach at Florida State, Bobby Bowden. They named her after an old, white football coach. Their second daughter is Price Anne-Dre, and their son Robinson True was born in June 2017.

Samantha Ponder ESPN

Ponder started her journalism career as an intern at ESPN Zone. Shortly, she began serving as a researcher-assistant job with ABC-TV on the college football studio show.

After that, Ponder was offered a job as a sideline reporter for the Liberty Flames sports television network. She left Liberty in 2009 and began working for Fox Sports Net and Fox College Sports as a sideline reporter for Pac-10 and Big 12 college basketball as well as football games.

After spending two years at Fox, Ponder joined ESPN’s Longhorn Network in July 2011. After accepting her position with the Longhorn Network, she relocated to Austin, Texas.

Since then, Ponder has worked as a reporter and host for ESPN college football and basketball games.