NEW YORK _ "The Sanchize" is headed back to college.
Mark Sanchez, the former Jets quarterback, has retired from the NFL and will join ESPN as a college football studio analyst, the network announced Tuesday.
Sanchez will be in studio throughout ABC's tripleheaders every Saturday and also will appear on other ESPN shows, including College Football Live and Get Up!, throughout the season. The USC product replaces Mack Brown, who returned to the sidelines this season to coach North Carolina. Sanchez joins Kevin Negandhi and former Jet Jon Vilma in the studio.