Trev Alberts Trevor Kendall Alberts ( born August 8 , 1970 ) is an American sports administrator and the director of athletics at the University of Nebraska - Omaha . Alberts is a former American college and professional football player . He played college football for the University of Nebraska , and earned All - American honors at linebacker . He played professionally for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League ( NFL ) for three seasons , after having been fifth overall pick in the 1994 NFL Draft . Later , he became a television and print college football commentator , most notably working alongside Mark May on ESPN ' s College GameDay Scoreboard show . Early years . Alberts was born in Cedar Falls , Iowa to parents Ken Alberts , a business executive , and Linda . He also has an older brother , Troy , who went on to work as a sales director in an oil processor , and a sister , Tami , who teaches elementary school . Trev Alberts attended Northern University High School in Cedar Falls , where he played for the Northern University Panthers high school football team . College career . While attending the University of Nebraska , he played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1990 to 1993 . Following his senior season in 1993 , he was awarded the Dick Butkus Award and Jack Lambert Trophy as the top college linebacker ; Alberts was also recognized as a consensus first - team All - American , after recording 15 quarterback sacks , 21 tackles for loss , and 38 quarterback hurries . Despite an injury early in the eleventh game of the season against the Oklahoma Sooners , Alberts returned with a cast on his arm for the national championship game against Florida State in the Orange Bowl . Although the Seminoles won 18 - 16 , Alberts had a dominant performance with three sacks of Heisman Trophy - winner Charlie Ward ( FSU quarterbacks were sacked only five times during the 1993 regular season ) . Professional career . Selected fifth overall in the 1994 draft , Alberts began his professional career with the Indianapolis Colts and continued to play for the Colts from to . Due to injuries played portions of just three season s before retiring before the 1997 season , tallying just four career quarterback sack s and one interception . He is considered one of the fifty biggest draft busts of all time by CBS . Broadcasting career . Upon retirement from the NFL , Alberts was hired by the American cable television network CNN / SI and concomitantly its " Sports Illustrated " magazine , where he served as a college football contributor . In 2002 , Alberts joined the staff of the American cable television network ESPN , where he worked as an in - studio analyst for college football , ultimately joining Rece Davis and Mark May on the network ' s " College GameDay Scoreboard " and " College GameDay Final . " On September 6 , 2005 , Alberts was terminated by ESPN for breaching his contract when he declined to report to work ; Alberts later claimed he did not want to " play second fiddle " to the more prominent cast of " College GameDay , " Chris Fowler , Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso . Alberts thereafter accepted a position as a columnist for the website of the college sports cable television network CSTV . He worked as a color commentator for the " NFL on Westwood One " Sunday afternoon radio broadcasts in 2006 . He also provided color commentary for SEC football games on CBS . Alberts also served as an analyst for Sprint Exclusive Entertainment , breaking down college football and other sports for viewers . Athletic director . Alberts was hired in April 2009 to be the director of athletics for the Nebraska – Omaha Mavericks sports program at the University of Nebraska - Omaha . Alberts cut football and wrestling , the only sport with NCAA championships this decade , in an effort to bring University of Nebraska - Omaha to Division I ' s Summit League . University regents approved Alberts ' controversial decision on March 25 , 2011 .