David Pollack did not see this one coming.

If you missed the news, the 3-time All-American and 2-time SEC Player of the Year during his outstanding playing career at Georgia has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The news was announced on Wednesday.

The only thing that could have made this announcement better was the way ESPN revealed the news to the college football analyst.

Pollack wasn’t the only former SEC player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame’s 2020 class as he will be joined by former Florida offensive lineman Lomas Brown, former LSU defensive lineman Glenn Dorsey and former Alabama defensive lineman E.J. Junior along with 13 other former college players and two coaches.

Following the news, Mark Richt shared his reaction to seeing Pollack join the exclusive club:

“Congratulations David Pollack! There was never a doubt you would end up in the collegiate Hall of Fame! Thank you for blessing me and my family and the Dawg Nation!!”

Fellow ESPN employee Rece Davis shared how ESPN broke the news to Pollack in the clip below:

Here’s the bio the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame provided for Pollack:

Following the legendary Herschel Walker as just the second Georgia player to earn First Team All-America accolades in three seasons, David Pollack left Athens as one of the most decorated players in school history. He becomes the 15th Bulldog player to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.

A consensus First Team All-American in 2002 and 2004, Pollack received the Bednarik Award, Rotary Lombardi Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy following his senior campaign. The 2002 SEC Player of the Year and 2004 SEC Defensive Player of the Year led Georgia to consecutive conference title games, taking the crown during his sophomore season. The only two-time recipient of the Ted Hendricks Award as the top defensive end in college football, Pollack was a three-time First Team All-SEC selection and two-time Nagurski Trophy finalist. The 2004 team captain guided the Bulldogs to top 10 finishes in his final three seasons, highlighted by a No. 3 ranking in 2002 when the team posted a 13-1 record and a Sugar Bowl win over Florida State. Pollack earned Defensive MVP honors following a 2004 Capital One Bowl win over Purdue, and he followed that up with MVP honors after a school bowl record three sacks in a 2005 Outback Bowl victory over Wisconsin.

The two-time Vince Dooley team MVP is Georgia’s all-time leader with 36 sacks, a mark that ranks fourth in SEC history. Pollack also holds school career records for 58.5 tackles for loss and three blocked punts, and he boasts two of the top five single-season sack performances in Bulldogs history – 14 in 2002 (No. 2) and 12.5 in 2004 (No. 5). The 2003 Atlanta Touchdown Club Lineman of the Year led the SEC in sacks and tackles for loss during his sophomore and senior seasons. A four-year starter, Pollack was named to the Freshman All-SEC team in 2001.

A first round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, Pollack’s pro career was cut short after an injury, and he retired in 2007. The 2009 Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame inductee was named to Sports Illustrated’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s.

Pollack started his broadcasting career in 2008, doing studio work for CBS and hosting a sports radio talk show in Atlanta for 790 The Zone. A college football analyst at ESPN since 2009, he previously worked as an analyst for the network’s Thursday night college football games and co-hosted “Palmer & Pollack” on ESPNU. Pollack now contributes to “College Football Live” and has been part of the Emmy Award-winning “College GameDay” since 2011.