Kirk Herbstreit
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Kirk Edward Herbstreit (born August 19, 1969) is an American analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television network that covers college football, as well as a source of college football games on ESPN and ABC.
Before being suspended following NCAA Football 14, he appeared as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football until the series was suspended.
Herbstreit played for several games for the Ohio State football team from 1989 to 1993; he was the starting quarterback in many games his junior season and was the starting quarterback throughout his senior season.
Personal life
Herbstreit met Alison at Ohio State, where she was a cheerleader. They were married in 1998 and have four sons. In 2011, the Herbstreits went from Ohio to Nashville, but now divide their time between there and Cincinnati, where their youngest son, Chase, plays quarterback for St. Xavier High School. Jake and Tye, his twin sons, were both students at Montgomery Bell Academy. At Clemson University, Tye now plays football as a walk-on. Jake stayed at Clemson before moving to Ohio State University to concentrate on academic research instead. Herbstreit has another son, Zak, who joined the Ohio State football team as a starting point in 2021 as a competitive finish.
Kirk is a foodie and adores Jeff Ruby's Steakhouses. His interests include playing EA Sports Video Games, fishing, and eating out. Herbstreit is a horse racing fan who also follows Ohio sports teams such as the Cincinnati Bengals, Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Cincinnati Reds. Herbstreit was prominent in How We Lookin'?, a documentary about Marty Brennaman's life and work as a long-serving Reds broadcaster, where she was prominently featured. He also loves spending time with his dog golden retrievers.
In Ohio, the playing career and subsequent interests have flourished.
Herbstreit graduated from Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. As a senior, he was named Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year by the Elks as a quarterback. He was also a standout basketball and baseball player.
Herbstreit was the first person to commit to the Ohio State Buckeyes after John Cooper's appointment as head coach in 1988. Herbstreit was a four-year letter winner at Ohio State University from 1989 to 1993. Herbstreit eventually led the team as a senior in 1992 after waiting for his turn as a Buckeye starter behind Greg Frey and Kent Graham. He was a co-captain (along with linebacker Steve Tovar) and was named team MVP during the 2005 season. Herbstreit played for 1,904 yards during the season, including four 200-plus games, before losing to the Georgia Bulldogs in the Florida Citrus Bowl. In a 13-13 tie in 1992, Herbstreit tied for the second time in pass completions (28) in a rivalry game against Michigan. The record stood up until 2006, when Heisman Trophy champion Troy Smith broke it.
Jim Herbstreit, Herbstreit's father, had been a co-captain (along with offensive tackle Jim Tyrer) of the 1960 Ohio State team, and later became an assistant coach at Ohio State under Woody Hayes. When Herbstreit was crowned co-captain in 1992, the two became only the second father-and-son pair to have both been Ohio State captains. (James and Jeff Davidson were among the first in 1989; Pepper and Dionte Johnson followed them in 2007.)
Herbstreit earned a degree in Business Administration from Ohio State University in 1993. He and his wife and four children live in Franklin, Tennessee. He is also known for a 2009 lawsuit in which he sued the IRS for modifying an implied policy of encouraging deductions for house donations to the fire department for training purposes.
Herbstreit is active in multiple charities, including the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer and the Make A Wish Foundation Ultimate Sports Auction.
He has lent his name to the Kirk Herbstreit National Kickoff Classic in Columbus, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas. Over the Labor Day weekend, the Kickoff Classic "pits high school teams from Ohio and Texas against prep football powerhouses from around the country," according to the website. The games in Ohio are usually held at Ohio Stadium, but Texas games are normally played at AT&T Stadium.
Broadcasting career
Herbstreit joined ESPN in 1996 and has since served as lead analyst on College GameDay with hosts Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, and Lee Corso. Along with former GameDay host Chris Fowler and longtime colleague Chris Fowler, he's the analyst for ABC's Saturday college football primetime games.
Herbstreit was nominated for a 1997 Sports Emmy Award as television's top studio analyst, as well as a weekly in-season column, "Inside the Game With Kirk Herbstreit," for The Sporting News.
Herbstreit has served as a color commentator for ESPN's Thursday night college football games, and he has been a regular contributor to ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.
Herbstreit appeared on Who's Now with Keyshawn Johnson and Michael Wilbon in July 2007.
Herbstreit is a fan of the 97.1 The Fan, an ESPN Radio affiliate in Columbus, Ohio.
In 2018, Herbstreit was announced to have Jon Gruden as part of ESPN's NFL Draft coverage, as Gruden returned to the then-Oakland, now the Las Vegas Rams. Herbstreit moved to ABC's coverage with his GameDay coworkers when ABC won the rights to air the first two nights of the Draft.
Herbstreit announced the first game of the Monday Night Football Kickoff Week doubleheader with Chris Fowler in 2020. Herbstreit and Rece Davis worked on ESPN2 on Monday Night Football MegaCast for the Saints-Raiders game, the first ever NFL game to be played in Las Vegas, on the night in which Monday Night Football commemorated its 50th anniversary. Fowler and Herbstreit called the first game of an MNF doubleheader in 2022, this time during the 2021 season's final week.
Herbstreit, the NFL play-by-play announcer Al Michaels, was announced on March 23, 2022, as the new color commentator for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video. Herbstreit decided to extend his deal with ESPN, allowing him to continue on GameDay, Saturday night football, and the NFL Draft, as well as his current NFL duties for Amazon.
Awards and honors
- Five-time Sports Emmy Award winner
- Three Outstanding Studio Analyst (2010, 2011, 2019)
- Two Outstanding Event Analyst (2018, 2020)