Tom Brady will finally be making the leap from the gridiron to the broadcast booth next year.

In an interview with Colin Cowherd on Monday, the future Hall of Fame quarterback announced that he will begin his broadcast career with Fox Sports in 2024.

What You Need To Know

  • Tom Brady said Monday that he will not begin his Fox Sports broadcasting career until 2024

  • The seven-time Super Bowl champion signed a 10-year deal with Fox last May to become the network's top analyst when he decided to quit playing for good

  • Brady announced his retirement last week after a 23-year career with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The seven-time Super Bowl champion — who announced his retirement last week after a 23-year career with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — signed a 10-year deal with Fox last May to become the network's top analyst when he decided to quit playing for good.

Brady told Cowherd that he didn't want to immediately rush into announcing and that he wanted to catch up on some other parts of his life.

"Decompression is important," Brady told the Fox Sports host. "You're on this kind of really crazy treadmill / hamster wheel for a long time. loving the moment, loving the journey – at the same time, it's a daily fight, you wake up every day ... and I have appreciation for so many people that are so committed every day to showing up, to put their max effort into their life and their career."

"I think for me, I want to be great at what I do," he continued. "talking even last week with the people at Fox Sports and the leadership, they're allowing me to start my Fox opportunity in the fall of 2024 is something that's great for me."

Brady expressed the desire to "take some time to really learn, become great at what I want to do, become great at thinking about the opportunity and making sure I don't rush into anything."

"I think one thing about my career, when I was drafted by the [New England] Patriots or signing in free agency with the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers], I wanted to be fully committed and I never wanted to let people down," Brady continued. "I think my biggest motivator was that so, even in the future, I want to be great at what I do, and that always takes some time and strategizing and learning and growing and evolving."

Brady is expected to eventually join Kevin Burkhardt on Fox's top team. Burkhardt and Greg Olsen will call their first Super Bowl on Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles.

Fox, which is carrying its 10th Super Bowl on Sunday, also has Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans after the 2024 season. Brady is still not expected to be a part of Fox's pregame coverage on Sunday.