Mark Sanchez stabbing: Replacement revealed for Colts-Raiders broadcast after hospitalization, arrest

Following Mark Sanchez’s hospitalization and arrest following a stabbing in downtown Indianapolis, his replacement for Sunday’s Colts-Raiders broadcast has been revealed. Sanchez was in town to call Sunday’s game when the incident occurred early Saturday morning.

FOX analyst and former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn will join Chris Myers in the booth, according to The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch. Quinn works for FOX as an analyst on its Big Noon Kickoff college football pregame show and has worked as an NFL analyst for the network since joining in 2014.

Quinn played seven years in the NFL following a decorated career at Notre Dame. He spent Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as Michigan hosted Big Noon Kickoff and is now in line to head down I-65 to Indianapolis for Colts vs. Raiders in Sanchez’s place.

Sanchez, 38, is facing misdemeanor charges of battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication, according to police. He remains the hospital in stable condition following injuries suffered in the stabbing, and has not been booked into the Adult Detention Center as of publication.

“After further investigation and following consultation with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, IMPD arrested 38-year-old Mark Sanchez for his alleged role in this incident,” the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement. “Sanchez was arrested at the hospital for battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication, all of which are misdemeanors. All involved parties have been identified, and no further individuals are being sought by detectives.”

FOX59’s Angela Ganote reported Sanchez was not cooperative with police when they first got to the scene near Senate Ave. and W. Washington St. in downtown Indianapolis. Ganote added another man, who was listed as the victim in the police report, told officers he was delivering food when Sanchez told him he needed to move and could not park where he was.

The man then said Sanchez began threatening and followed him before attacking him, Ganote reported. After the man used pepper spray, he said he defended himself with a knife, and police said the man had a “significant injury to his face,” according to Ganote.

Sanchez played 10 years in the NFL after becoming the No. 5 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft out of USC and joined FOX as an analyst in 2021. In a statement, FOX confirmed Sanchez was in the hospital and was in stable condition.

“Mark Sanchez was injured in Indianapolis on Saturday and is currently recovering in the hospital in stable condition,” the statement read. “We are deeply grateful to the medical team for their exceptional care and support. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mark, and we ask that everyone please respect his and his family’s privacy during this time.”