Kirk Herbstreit

Sportscaster

Kirk Herbstreit was born in Centerville, Ohio, United States on August 19th, 1969 and is the Sportscaster. At the age of 54, Kirk Herbstreit biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
August 19, 1969
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Centerville, Ohio, United States
Age
54 years old
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Networth
$5 Million
Salary
$2 Million
Profession
American Football Player, Sports Commentator
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Kirk Herbstreit Career

Herbstreit graduated from Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. As a quarterback for the Elks, he was the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. He also was a standout basketball and baseball player.

Herbstreit was the first player to commit to the Ohio State Buckeyes after the hiring of John Cooper as head coach in 1988. Herbstreit was a four-year letter winner as a quarterback at Ohio State University from 1989 to 1993. After waiting his turn as a Buckeye starter behind Greg Frey and Kent Graham, Herbstreit finally led the team as a senior in 1992. That year, he was a co-captain (along with linebacker Steve Tovar) and was voted team MVP. Herbstreit passed for 1,904 yards that season, including four 200-plus yard games, before losing to the Georgia Bulldogs in the Florida Citrus Bowl. Herbstreit set the Ohio State record for pass completions (28) in the rivalry game against Michigan, throwing for 271 yards in a 13–13 tie in 1992. The record stood until 2006, when it was broken by Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith.

Herbstreit's father, Jim Herbstreit, had been a co-captain (along with offensive tackle Jim Tyrer) of the 1960 Ohio State team, and was later an assistant coach at Ohio State under Woody Hayes. When Herbstreit was named co-captain in 1992, the two became only the second father-and-son duo to have each been Ohio State captains. (James and Jeff Davidson were the first in 1989; Pepper and Dionte Johnson became the third in 2007.)

Herbstreit graduated from Ohio State in 1993 with a degree in Business Administration. He lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife and four sons. He also is known for a 2009 case in which he sued the IRS for changing an implied policy of allowing deductions for house donations to the fire department for training purposes.

Herbstreit is actively involved 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. According to the website, the Kickoff Classic "pits high school teams from the states of Ohio and Texas against prep football powerhouses from across the nation" over the Labor Day weekend. The games in Ohio are usually held at Ohio Stadium, while the games in Texas are held at AT&T Stadium.

Broadcasting career

Herbstreit joined ESPN in 1996, and has since gained roles as lead analyst on College GameDay with host Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, and Lee Corso. He serves as the analyst for ABC’s Saturday college football primetime games alongside former GameDay host and longtime colleague Chris Fowler.

Herbstreit was nominated for a 1997 Sports Emmy Award as television's top studio analyst and wrote a weekly in-season column, "Inside The Game With Kirk Herbstreit," for The Sporting News.

A frequent contributor to ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, Herbstreit has worked as a color commentator for ESPN's Thursday night college football games.

In July 2007, Herbstreit served as a panelist for the series Who's Now alongside Keyshawn Johnson and Michael Wilbon.

Herbstreit contributes to the 97.1 The Fan, an ESPN Radio affiliate out of Columbus, Ohio.

In 2018, Herbstreit was announced to replace Jon Gruden for night one of ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage, as Gruden left to return to the then-Oakland, now Las Vegas Raiders. When ABC picked up rights to air the first two nights of the Draft, Herbstreit moved to ABC’s coverage with his GameDay colleagues.

In 2020, Herbstreit announced the first game of the Monday Night Football Kickoff Week doubleheader alongside Chris Fowler. A week later, Herbstreit and Rece Davis worked a special Monday Night Football MegaCast on ESPN2 for the Saints–Raiders game, the first ever NFL game to be played in Las Vegas, on the night in which Monday Night Football celebrated its 50th anniversary. In 2022, Fowler and Herbstreit again called the first game of an MNF doubleheader, this time during the final week of the 2021 season.

On March 23, 2022, Herbstreit was announced as the new color commentator for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video, alongside NFL play-by-play announcer Al Michaels. That same day, Herbstreit agreed to an extension of his contract with ESPN to allow him to continue on GameDay, Saturday night football, and the NFL Draft, to go along with his new NFL duties for Amazon.

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Kirk Herbstreit Awards
  • Five-time Sports Emmy Award winner
    • Three Outstanding Studio Analyst (2010, 2011, 2019)
    • Two Outstanding Event Analyst (2018, 2020)

ESPN's Holly Rowe demands more inclusion in EA Sports' College Football 25 game after commentary team is announced 'How about including some women?'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 24, 2024
Holly Rowe, an ESPN sideline reporter, took to Twitter to announce that EA Sports College Football 25 was significantly lacking female representation in the voiceover department. Several people have been confirmed to be involved in the scheme, including some of Rowe's ESPN coworkers. However, not a single one of the people confirmed so far is a woman, enabling Rowe to post about it on social media.

Emmy Award: Show to allow show to bypass eligibility laws and give coveted statuettes to College GameDay hosts

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2024
Has ESPN been padding its stats? Following an in-depth probe by The Athletic, the cable sports behemoth confessed to submitting fake names to the Emmy Award host in an attempt to win more statuettes for on-air talent. The scheme went unnoticed until last year, when it was announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), which sponsors the Emmy Awards. Many on-air hosts have since been asked by ESPN to return their awards. According to The Athletic, however, there is no evidence that the on-air employees in question were aware of the scheme. In total, the scheme resulted in at least 30 statuettes being delivered to on-air hosts, who were actually ineligible to receive them. The precise mastermind remains a mystery, but the project's motivations appear to be an attempt to defy NATAS rules, which, until 2023, have barred on-air hosts from being included in the credit list for the 'outstanding weekly studio show' award. Hosts have always been eligible for individual awards, but NATAS denied them the opportunity to win a trophy for a complete show, avoiding what was described as double dipping: being honoured twice for the same work.

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit lashes out at the 'despicable lunatic fringe' of Florida State fans over College Football Playoff snub: 'Alabama is BETTER!'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 14, 2023
Addressing what he described as the 'despicable lunatic fringe' of Florida State fans, ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit succinctly explained why the undefeated Seminoles were omitted from the College Football Playoff: ' Alabama is BETTER!!Period!' And Herbstreit wasn't done: 'So is Texas.' So is Michigan. So is Washington. Oregon is also known as Oregon. Georgia is also located in Georgia.' Despite FSU's 13-0 season ending in another ACC title, the 'Noles faithful were unashamed since being overlooked by the College Football Playoff committee, who went for one-loss Texas and Alabama. Washington and Michigan were both named to the four-team squad for the unbeaten. The selection committee's decision was triggered by a season-ending leg injury to Florida State QB Jordan Travis, as well as the Seminoles' strength of schedule or lack thereof.