(born
August 8 ,
1970 in
Cedar Falls, Iowa ) is an
American Television and
Print College Football Commentator and former
Professional American Football player.
Alberts played collegiately for the
University Of Nebraska Cornhuskers , with whom, subsequent to his
Senior season in
1993 , he won the
Dick Butkus Award as the top
Linebacker amongst all players competing in
Division I of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association ; Alberts also earned consensus
All-America honors in 1993 after having 15 quarterback sacks, 21 tackles for loss, and 38 quarterback hurries. Despite being injured 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 had been sacked only five times during the entire 1993 regular season).
Having been selected fifth overall in the league's
1994 Draft , Alberts began his
Professional career with the
Indianapolis Colts of the
National Football League , but, in view of sundry injuries, was able to play parts of just three
Season s before retiring prior to the
1997 Season , having, over his career, tallied just four
Quarterback Sack s and one
Interception .
Upon his retirement from the NFL, Alberts was hired by the American
Cable Television Network CNN/SI and concomitantly its ''
Sports Illustrated ''
Magazine , for each of which 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 ''.
Alberts thereafter accepted a position as a
Columnist for the
Website of the
College Sports cable television network
CSTV . He also works as a color commentator for the ''
NFL On Westwood One '' Sunday afternoon radio broadcasts.
