UC Bearcats offer son of former Bengal/ESPN GameDay panelist Pollack

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UC Bearcats offer son of former Bengal/ESPN GameDay panelist Pollack

He is just a junior and it is just an offer, but the Cincinnati Bearcats football squad has offered the son of former Cincinnati Bengals first-round pick David Pollack.

Nicholas Pollack is a 6-foot-3, 220-pound tight end and outside linebacker for North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia, near Athens. He is a junior with a listed vertical leap of 36 inches and a 10-foot broad jump.

North Oconee junior TE/LB Nick Pollack (3) runs off the field during a GHSA high school football game against Clarke Central in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.

His father, recently of ESPN's College GameDay and host of the "See Ball Get Ball" podcast, has publicized his son's talents and also coaches the North Oconee defensive line.

Nick Pollack is also a basketball and baseball player at North Oconee. He was also offered by Wake Forest on the same day as the Bearcats' offer. UC tight end coach Josh Stepp made the offer and also offered North Oconee defensive back and wide receiver Kelvin Millington, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior with a 37-inch vertical.

David Pollack playing career

Pollack had 4.5 sacks and 28 total tackles in 2005 for the Bengals, then in the second game of 2006 suffered a career-ending neck injury. He officially retired in 2008 after briefly contemplating a comeback. Pollack was on ESPN's College GameDay from 2011-2023. He was on UC's campus when the show came to Cincinnati in 2021 for the Bearcats home game with Tulsa.

David Pollack, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fallica, all then of ESPN's GameDay conduct a segment at The Commons in front of the University of Cincinnati Tangeman Center. UC was last featured on the program Nov. 6, 2021 when they played Tulsa at Nippert Stadium.

David Pollack was a three-time All-American at Georgia, playing defensive end at 6-foot-2, 265 pounds. He was the Bengals first-round draft pick in 2005. He was the SEC Player of the Year for the Bulldogs in 2002 and 2004, SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2004, the Chuck Bednarik Award winner in 2004 and won the Lombardi Award, the Ted Hendricks Award twice and the Lott Trophy.

The Cincinnati Bengals first round draft pick of 2005, David Pollack and head coach Marvin Lewis react to questions during a press conference at Paul Brown Stadium after Pollack signed his five-year contract Wednesday, August 17, 2005.

Nicholas Pollack doesn't yet have a rating among the recruiting sites, but totes some pretty solid DNA and some Hudl highlights.

With a season to go, there could be a size increase and more eyeballs on him, and in recent photos, he stands taller than his father, who was a College Football Hall of Fame inductee.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: UC Bearcats offer son of former Bengals 1st-round pick David Pollack

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