FOX Picks New Sideline Reporter For 2025 NFL Season originally appeared on The Spun.

FOX has named a new sideline reporter for the 2025 NFL regular season and postseason.

Veteran NFL sideline reporter Laura Okmin stepped away from the gig heading into the 2025 season. Okmin, who had been at Fox Sports for 23 years, is deciding to focus on her business, GALvanize, which mentors young women in the sports industry.

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“They sent me the contract. I printed it out. I sat there. It was just my voice saying, ‘It’s time; this is it,’” Okmin told Front Office Sports. “I called my boss and my friend, Jacob Ullman, who I’ve known as long as I’ve been at Fox Sports. I’m happy to say he was very surprised. I would have been very disappointed if there was any other reaction. It was a really nice call, because I got to have it with my boss and my friend.”

Okmin had been working alongside Kevin Kugler and Daryl “Moose” Johnston.

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Fox Sports has since decided on a replacement for the veteran sideline reporter.

Allison Williams, who previously worked at ESPN, has been named a new sideline reporter, according to Front Office Sports.

Allison Williams will be promoted to the NFL beat at Fox Sports. Williams will succeed the departing Laura Okmin as an NFL sideline reporter on one of the network’s announce teams this season, sources tell Front Office Sports.

Williams previously worked at ESPN, though she left during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a debate about the vaccine. She chose to leave the company, not getting vaccinated, after consulting with her doctor and a fertility specialist.

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“Belief is a word I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, because in addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this. And I’ve had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first,” Williams announced at the time.

Fox Sports has yet to officially name Williams its new sideline reporter.

FOX Picks New Sideline Reporter For 2025 NFL Season first appeared on The Spun on Jul 14, 2025

This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.