After being the No. 2 overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, former Washington State QB Ryan Leaf has had a rough couple of decades, battling addiction and spending time in jail.

However, in recent years, he has turned his life around, serving as motivation for many across the country who are going through their own battles.

Now, he’ll have a high-profile job, as it was announced by ESPN on Sunday that Leaf had been hired by ESPN to work college football games as an analyst:

Leaf will be paired with play-by-play announcer Clay Matvick and will call games mostly on ESPN2 and ESPNU. The No. 2 overall NFL draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in 1998 worked for the Pac-12 Network last season and has been co-hosting a show on SiriusXM’s Pac-12 channel.

ESPN’s Lee Fitting said Leaf’s wide range of life experiences make him a great person to relate to players, coaches and everyone involved with the game:

“Ryan has experienced the highs and lows in the game of football, putting him in a position to relate to a wide range of situations players can find themselves in,” said Lee Fitting, ESPN’s senior vice president of production. “He will be able to rely on those experiences — including an unbelievable college career where he was an All-American and Heisman Trophy finalist — in his analysis, making him a tremendous asset for our team.”

What games Leaf calls remains to be seen, but it seems he’s quite familiar with the Pac-12, so perhaps he’ll be on late.