The 2024 college football season ends on Monday night with the College Football Playoff national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame in Atlanta.
Of course, there are plenty of festivities prior to the deciding game.
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Chief among them is the national anthem, which always plays an important role ahead of championship games. Mercedes-Benz Stadium will welcome a famed singer for the honor. Past championships have included Fantasia, Pentatonix and Natalie Grant as the national anthem performers.
Here’s everything to know about the national anthem singer at the national championship on Monday night:
Who’s singing national anthem at 2025 CFP national championship?
Coco Jones will sing the national anthem at the national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame on Monday night. Jones, 27, is an R&B singer with seven career Grammy nominations and one win.
“America the Beautiful,” which will conclude prior to Jones’ national anthem, will be performed by the Spelman College Glee Club, which is the oldest collegiate choir of African American women in the country.
According to a College Football Playoff news release, 14-year-old Johrgia Peaches, an 8th-grade student from Newnan, Georgia, will perform “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language (ASL). Alexander Charlot, 20, will perform the “Star-Spangled Banner” in ASL. Both attend the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD).
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Who is Coco Jones?
Jones is an accomplished R&B singer with numerous Grammy nominations and one win. She won 2024 Grammy for her song, “ICU,” beating out other nominated artists in Chris Brown, Robert Glasper, SZA and Victoria Monét.
She’s also the daughter of former NFL defensive end Mike Jones, who played for nine seasons with the Cardinals, Patriots, Rams and Titans.
Jones got her start as a Disney Channel star, appearing on TV series “So Random” and movie “Let It Shine.” She also appears in Peacock’s reboot of “Bel-Air,” a reimagined version of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” which originally starred Will Smith.
She’s signed to Def Jam’s record label, according to her website.
