Former NFL QB Ben DiNucci announces he will serve as CBS Sports commentator for Bucknell vs. Air Force

Having bounced around the past five years in the NFL, QB Ben DiNucci was most recently cut from another roster this weekend after spending the preseason with the Atlanta Falcons. However, DiNucci has now since landed on his feet with a new job back in college football.

Having posted several times since his release this weekend, DiNucci updated what’s next for himself in a video on social media on Monday evening. It showed him walking into his home in his uniform with the Falcons, opening a package, and putting on a broadcaster’s suit to announce he’ll be on the call for week one for Bucknell vs. Air Force at 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CT on the CBS Sports Network on Saturday.

“Coming to a field near you. This Saturday, 3:30 p.m. eastern time. Myself, Jordan Kent. CBS Sports, Bucknell. Air Force. Be there. Let’s go!” DiNucci said in the clip, with the college football theme for CBS Sports playing in the background.

Again, this comes after Atlanta cut DiNucci on Saturday, with names on the roster in QBs Michael Penix Jr., Kirk Cousins, Easton Stick, and Emory Jones, after making just one appearance in the preseason where he went 0/2 with an interception in their loss in the finale against Dallas. He then went to social media after that was finalized, tweeting some viral posts about his latest opportunity ending in the National Football League.

“I have been relieved of my duties in Atlanta. They no longer need my services. Stay tuned … Career update coming this week,” DiNucci hinted at first.

“Not many beers better than the airport ‘I just got cut from the NFL for the 7th time’ beer. Trust me , you wouldn’t understand,” posted DiNucci later, with that tweet going viral with millions of impressions and thousands of likes.

DiNucci, after a college career spent at Pittsburgh and James Madison, was a seventh-round pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2020 NFL Draft, being one of the final selections at No. 231 overall out of 257 in total. He’d go on to play in three games, including a start, that next season for Dallas, being 23-43 (53.5%) for 219 yards.

Since then, though, DiNucci has been all around the league being signed, activated, elevated, waived, or released multiple times over with several times. That includes with the Cowboys as well as time spent with the Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints, and now Atlanta Falcons.

This report will be updated further