Former ESPN star Trey Wingo claps back at Emmanuel Acho over his claim about Ryan Clark building 'NFL Live'

Former ESPN prima Trey Wingo wants to acceptable the grounds straight.

Former NFL linebacker and ex-ESPN expert Emmanuel Acho claimed that Ryan Clark built ESPN’s "NFL Live" into the "juggernaut" it is today, and Wingo was not having immoderate of it.

"Ryan Clark built NFL Live into the juggernaut it is contiguous (along with Rutledge, Mina, and Spears), helium didn’t ideate NFL Live, there’s a difference," Acho posted.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Trey Wingo during the archetypal circular of the American Century Championship July 10, 2026, astatine Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course successful Stateline, Nev. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Wingo, who hosted "NFL Live" for 15 years, from 2003 to 2018, clapped backmost astatine Acho’s assertion that Clark built the amusement by posting a graphic showing its ratings implicit the years, which helium said disproved Acho’s claim.

The graphic, which was based connected numbers that ESPN reported, showed that "NFL Live" averaged 688,000 viewers during a comparable early-season play successful 2013 and 624,000 successful 2012. It averaged astir 486,000 successful 2015, 492,000 successful 2016, 449,000 successful 2021 and 440,000 successful 2025.

Wingo captioned his station connected X, "’Let your apology beryllium arsenic large arsenic your disrespect.’ I deliberation idiosyncratic said that once."

The erstwhile ESPN host’s enactment astir letting your apology beryllium arsenic large arsenic your disrespect referenced a spat successful which Acho insulted erstwhile San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel and aboriginal apologized to him.

ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!

Emmanuel Acho speaks onstage during the ADL Never Is Now Summit astatine the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center successful New York City March 17, 2026. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for ADL)

Acho's archetypal tweet was successful effect to OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske. Zaksheske began the thread of enactment by responding to a clip from "The Breakfast Club," wherever the greeting amusement hosts said Clark built "NFL Live."

"NFL Live premiered successful 1998 erstwhile Clark was 18 years old, 4 years earlier helium entered the NFL and 17 years earlier helium joined ESPN," Zaksheske wrote connected X.

Acho responded to Zaksheske and agreed with "The Breakfast Club," saying, "And cipher was watching NFL Live then," referencing the show’s beingness earlier Clark joined it.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

ESPN is parting ways with longtime NFL expert Ryan Clark aft an 11-year tally astatine the network. (Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Wingo spent astir 23 years astatine ESPN and was not retained successful November 2020.

A ample portion of his tenure was spent hosting and gathering "NFL Live," and helium was the big during its highest twelvemonth successful 2013.

Clark joined ESPN successful 2015 and spent much than 11 seasons with the network, overlapping for astir 5 years with Wingo. As his clip astatine ESPN progressed, helium became an progressively polarizing figure.

SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS

Fox News Digital reached retired to Acho for remark but did not instantly get a response.

OutKick's Dan Zaksheske contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.