ESPN has locked down longtime NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, according to Front Office Sports.

The Worldwide Leader, which secured its $3 billion purchase of NFL Network in January, reportedly is finalizing a multiyear deal to retain Rapoport, whose contract is up at the end of April.

Rapoport, 46, is the first NFL Network employee to reach a new deal with ESPN after the company absorbed the existing contracts of NFL Network talent.

NFL insider Ian Rapoport during the 2026 NFL Annual League Meeting at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix on March 30, 2026. Mark J.…