ESPN's new college football song, explained: How Jelly Roll's 'Get By' became 2024 anthem

Bryan Murphy

ESPN's new college football song, explained: How Jelly Roll's 'Get By' became 2024 anthem image

College football is getting their country on in 2024. 

The NCAA season is always one of the most exciting sports broadcasted on ESPN. The worldwide leader never fails to deliver with its coverage, bringing some of the best games from all over the country to the network on a weekly basis with its "College GameDay". The crew consisting of Rece Davis, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee is must-watch entertainment for analysis on college football. 

ESPN also never fails to deliver on its anthem each season. For a decade now, the company has dubbed one song as its signature tune for the season. Last year, the network went with Post Malone, but this year, it's going fully into the country theme, with Jelly Roll tabbed as the singer for this year's anthem. 

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Here is more to know about ESPN's new college football song for 2024. 

Jelly Roll ESPN college football song for 2024

ESPN's 2024 "College Football Anthem" is "Get By" by Jelly Roll. 

The song is a single off of Roll's "Beautifully Broken" album. It was not written specifically for college football, however, there are a few parallels between the song and the sport, including "staring down the clock," and "throwing hallelujahs."

"There’s a powerful connection between music and college football, and for more than a decade, the ESPN college football music anthem has been integral to the promotion of the sport while its release has marked the unofficial start to the season," Curtis Friends, ESPN vice president of marketing, said in a press release.

"Jelly Roll is a talented, award-winning artist whose music speaks to the passion of college football fans across the country, and we’re excited ‘Get By’ will soundtrack the sport all season long."

ESPN college football song history

With Jelly Roll's inclusion in ESPN's college football theme song family, he joins a group that consists of Post Malone, Fall Out Boy, Imagine Dragons and Thirty Seconds to Mars. 

Here is a history of the ESPN college football theme song

YearSongArtist
2024"Get By"Jelly Roll
2023"Something Real"Post Malone
2022"The Emperor"YUNGBLUD
2021"Run It"DJ Snake ft. Rick Ross and Rich Brian
2020"Come & Go"Juice Wrld and Marshmello
2019"Let Go."Judah & The Lion
2018"Natural"Imagine Dragons
2017"Walk on Water"Thirty Seconds to Mars
2016"Collider"X Ambassadors and Tom Morello
2015"History"Lauren Alaina
2014"Centuries"Fall Out Boy

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Bryan Murphy joined The Sporting News in 2022 as the NHL/Canada content producer. Previously he worked for NBC Sports on their national news desk reporting on breaking news for the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL, in addition to covering the 2020 and 2022 Olympic Games. A graduate of Quinnipiac University, he spent time in college as a beat reporter covering the men’s ice hockey team.