Georgia’s David Pollack defied skeptics to become a Hall of Fame defensive…..
Former Georgia assistant coach Jon Fabris still remembers the offseason meeting before spring practice in 2002 when David Pollack’s name came up.
Fabris, who had come from the Cleveland Browns a year earlier to join Mark Richt’s first Georgia staff as defensive ends coach, had lost three seniors to graduation and junior Charles Grant to the NFL draft off the 2001 team.
“Fabris needs some help,” Richt announced. The name of “Davey” Pollack was floated. The young fullback from Snellville had played some defensive tackle the previous season as an emergency stopgap because of injuries. Fabris knew of Pollack and liked his attitude.
Pollack, who is a member of the 2020 Hall of Fame class, is now more well-known as a featured analyst on ESPN’s “College Football GameDay” program. We all know, however, how 2020 turned out.
The 63rd annual National Football Foundation awards dinner will now be held Tuesday night at the ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, rather than the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, as it has in the past. Pollack’s class of 2020 and the class of 2021 will both receive recognition. The event is being
Even though he doesn’t have his own page in the Georgia football media guide like Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, Pollack ended up with more national awards than the Bulldogs’ greatest tailback in history. When his college career was over, Pollack had won the Lombardi, Chuck Bednarik, Ronnie Lott and Ted Hendricks awards.
When his college career was over, Pollack had won the Lombardi, Chuck Bednarik, Ronnie Lott and Ted Hendricks awards. He also was named the SEC defensive player of the year in 2002 and 2004 and became the only other Georgia player not named Herschel to earn
