Dan Orlovsky, Former NFL QB -- ESPN Analyst
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Episode 358
Dan Orlovsky is current a football analyst with ESPN working on studio shows like GET UP and SportsCenter, while also calling games for ESPN and ABC Saturday college football with Bob Wischusen and Allison Williams.
Prior to his broadcasting career, Dan was a 12-year veteran of the NFL. He was selected in the 5th round of the 2005 Draft by the Detroit Lions. His football journey saw him play with Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Tampa Bay and a preseason stint with the Rams before announcing his retirement with Sports Spectrum in 2017.
Dan was a stud college QB at the University of Connecticut where he set many passing records including most pass completions (916), pass attempts (1,567), yards passing (10,706), touchdown passes (84), interceptions (51), total plays (1,710) and total yards (10,421).
On this episode of the podcast, we welcome back Dan to the show to talk about his thriving broadcasting career, working with Mike Greenberg on GET UP, choosing to be different on social media, staying disciplined in his faith journey, his favorite play call during his career and the time he practiced in one city and played a preseason game in another city the same day.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.7 | This episode of Sports Spectrum's podcast with Dan Orlovsky is brought to you by Compassion International. |
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| 1:03.5 | sponsoring a child today. Today on the podcast, we welcome back Dan Orlovsky to the program, Dan, the former NFL quarterback, 12 seasons in the NFL with the Lions, Texans, Colts, and Buccaneers, announcing his retirement in October 2017, right with us at Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:25.0 | You can go to Sportspectrum.com and search Dan Orlovsky, |
| 1:28.0 | and you'll see his first person account of why he chose to retire when he did back in October of 2017. |
| 1:36.9 | He was a standout quarterback in college at the University of Connecticut |
| 1:40.0 | and a fifth round draft pick back in 2005 by the Detroit Lions. |
| 1:46.5 | Dan has been a good friend. |
| 1:48.3 | I've known him now for about five years. |
| 1:50.2 | We met at the NFL's broadcast boot camp back in 2014. |
| 1:54.6 | And I remember seeing him then and thinking someday this guy is going to be a really good |
| 1:59.7 | broadcaster. |
| 2:01.2 | And that someday is today because he's with ESPN now and he's doing a fantastic job. |
| 2:08.2 | And he's one of the best broadcasters around working on both the NFL as a studio analyst |
| 2:13.3 | and college football as a game analyst. |
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