Georgia’s David Pollack defied skeptics to become a Hall of Fame defensive…..
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. “I won’t mention who it was, because all of us have been wrong at times on our evaluations, but a voice chimes in and says, ‘Well, you can take him if you want to, but I can promise you, he’s not an SEC player.’” Twenty years later, Fabris still cracks up at that memory. He did again Tuesday morning as Pollack was a couple of thousand miles away in Las Vegas preparing to be officially enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. 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....




