College Football Analyst’s Son Faces Michigan QB Challenge

The son of ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit is a three-star athlete hoping to play quarterback at Michigan, which just landed a five-star prospect.

Nick Saban (L) and Kirk Herbstreit assess the game between the Indiana Hoosiers and Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Nov. 23. Jason Mowry/Getty Images

Don’t bother telling Chase Herbstreit—ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit’s son and future Michigan quarterback—about how the Wolverines landed No. 1-rated quarterback recruit Bryce Underwood.

“Oh, I don’t think Chase cares,” Steve Specht, Herbstreit’s high school football coach at St. Xavier in Cincinnati, told The Epoch Times on Dec. 9. “He’s a kid that thrives on competition.”