Brandon Michael Gaudin (born December 18, 1983) is an American sports broadcaster from Evansville, Indiana. He is best known as the television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves and as the play-by-play voice of EA Sports’ Madden NFL video game series. Gaudin has also called NFL, Major League Baseball, college football, college basketball and college baseball for networks including Fox Sports, Big Ten Network and Westwood One.

Early life in Evansville

Gaudin was born and raised in Evansville and developed an interest in sports broadcasting at an early age. Growing up during the 1990s, he was an avid Atlanta Braves fan and regularly watched the team’s nationally televised games on TBS.

When Gaudin was approximately 13 years old, he wrote a letter to longtime Braves broadcaster Skip Caray asking for advice about becoming a professional sportscaster. Caray responded and encouraged him to study broadcasters and continue practicing his craft. Gaudin later cited Caray as one of the major influences on his broadcasting style.

Gaudin attended William Henry Harrison High School in Evansville, graduating in 2002. His broadcasting career began while he was still a Harrison student.

Gaudin convinced his chemistry teacher, Neil Rapp, to help him broadcast Harrison baseball games on Evansville radio station 90.7 WPSR. Gaudin has described those Harrison games as his first experience calling live sporting events.

Butler University

After graduating from Harrison, Gaudin attended Butler University in Indianapolis. He studied communication with an emphasis in broadcasting while also studying political science and business.

While at Butler, Gaudin continued developing as a broadcaster and worked with the university’s athletic programs.

A significant early break came during his junior year when he won a national collegiate play-by-play competition sponsored by CBS in conjunction with the 2005 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The victory resulted in Gaudin attending the Final Four and appearing during CBS’s tournament coverage.

He graduated from Butler in 2006.

Early broadcasting career

After college, Gaudin began his professional broadcasting career calling minor league baseball for the Orem Owlz, then an affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.

He subsequently spent time in New York working with a media startup before deciding to return to broadcasting.

That decision brought him back to his hometown.

University of Evansville

In 2008, Gaudin returned to Evansville to become the radio play-by-play voice of the University of Evansville Purple Aces.

He called UE basketball and other athletic events from 2008 to 2010, giving him his first significant Division I broadcasting position. He also performed freelance television work while living in Evansville.

The position represented an important stage in Gaudin’s career: the Harrison graduate who had begun calling high school baseball games on local radio was now broadcasting Division I athletics in his hometown.

Butler and Georgia Tech

Gaudin later became the radio voice of Butler University men’s basketball, returning professionally to his alma mater.

In 2013, he was hired as the radio play-by-play announcer for Georgia Tech, becoming the “Voice of the Yellow Jackets.”

Gaudin called Georgia Tech football, men’s basketball and baseball for three seasons from 2013 through 2016. His work at Georgia Tech helped establish him nationally and led to opportunities with Westwood One and other networks.

Madden NFL

In June 2016, EA Sports announced that Gaudin had been selected as the new play-by-play voice of its enormously successful Madden NFL video game franchise.

He debuted in Madden NFL 17, working alongside analyst Charles Davis.

Gaudin replaced CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz as the game’s primary play-by-play announcer. Previous Madden play-by-play voices had included some of the best-known broadcasters in American sports, including Pat Summerall, Al Michaels and Gus Johnson.

The change was part of a major overhaul of Madden’s commentary system. Rather than recording all of the commentary before the season, Gaudin and Davis returned to the studio throughout the NFL season to record updated material reflecting current players, teams and events.

Gaudin continued as one of the primary voices of the Madden franchise in subsequent editions, making his voice familiar to millions of football video game players.

National broadcasting career

At approximately the same time that he joined Madden, Gaudin expanded into national television and radio broadcasting.

He joined the Big Ten Network as a play-by-play announcer for football, basketball and baseball and became the lead college football play-by-play announcer for Westwood One Sports. He also began calling NFL games for Westwood One.

Gaudin subsequently became a regular broadcaster for Fox Sports, calling NFL, MLB and college sporting events.

His assignments have included regular-season NFL games, Major League Baseball games, college football and college basketball, as well as NCAA Tournament broadcasts.

Atlanta Braves

In February 2023, Gaudin was selected as the new television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves, replacing longtime Braves broadcaster Chip Caray.

The appointment completed an unusual circle in Gaudin’s career.

As a child growing up in Evansville, Gaudin had watched Braves games on TBS and imitated Skip Caray while pretending to call baseball games inside his family’s home. He later recalled playing imaginary games in the foyer after school and providing his own play-by-play commentary.

At 13, he had written Caray asking how he could someday become a broadcaster.

More than two decades later, Gaudin was selected to call the games of the same franchise.

Gaudin described becoming the Braves’ announcer as the realization of a childhood dream, saying that he was getting the opportunity to broadcast the team that had originally inspired his interest in both baseball and broadcasting.

He has also incorporated some of Skip Caray’s familiar language into his Braves broadcasts, including ending victories with “Braves win” and signing off with “So long, everybody.” Gaudin has said these expressions became natural to him after spending his childhood listening to Caray.

Awards

Following his first season as the Braves’ television announcer, Gaudin was named the 2023 Georgia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.

Evansville connections

Despite developing a national broadcasting career, Gaudin’s path into the profession has remained closely connected to Evansville.

He grew up in the city, graduated from Harrison High School, called his first games as a Harrison student on WPSR and later returned home to serve as the radio voice of the University of Evansville Purple Aces.

In February 2025, while back in Evansville for the Tri-State Hot Stove League’s Night of Memories, Gaudin recalled that his broadcasting career had begun at Harrison, saying that calling those high school baseball games provided his first experience behind the microphone.

From those early broadcasts at Harrison, Gaudin progressed to Division I athletics, national NFL and college broadcasts, the Madden NFL franchise and eventually the television booth of the Atlanta Braves—the same team he had followed as a child in Evansville.