the "NFL on Fox's" enormous robot that enjoys playing football. Cleatus, a CGI robot, has become the recognized mascot for FOX NFL Sunday, transcending its association with Fox to become a symbol ...

No one outside Fox knew where the robot–named Cleatus–came from ... Since its launch in 1986, Fox had wanted an NFL broadcast contract, because it would bring a certain legitimacy to the ...

FOX's NFL graphics -- such as the ones above for Aaron ... He’s also the man who invented "Cleatus," the FOX Sports robot ("That’s gonna be on my tombstone," he joked).

With the NFL playoffs in full swing ... SNL even satirized Fox’s iconic Cleatus the Football Robot mascot, making him speak with “AI technology” to question the sport’s safety.