Jack Arute III (/əˈruːt/ ə-ROOT; born September 28, 1950) is an American former sportscaster for the NFL and college sports for Sirius XM Radio.

Arute worked as a pit reporter on CART, Indy Racing League (IRL), and NASCAR telecasts on ESPN and ABC from 1984 to 1998 and 2000 to 2009.

During the same time period at ESPN and ABC, during the off-season of auto racing, Arute served as a sideline reporter for college football and during at least one NFL playoff game.

In August 2009, Indianapolis Star reporter Curt Cavin said that Arute would be leaving ESPN at the end of 2009 in favor of Versus full-time.

Currently, Arute does radio work with Sirius XM's Channel 90 with Trading Paint with Chocolate Myers on Thursdays and Fridays.