Lindsey Pollack, wife of former ESPN college football analyst and Georgia Bulldogs star David Pollack, is recovering from brain surgery as she battles a cancerous tumor — and she appears to be in good spirits.
David, 42, shared a video via X on Thursday, March 13, of Lindsey lying in her hospital bed, appearing to move her hands to the song playing in the room.
“My Babydoll’s morning after a 6+ hour surgery,” he wrote. “I mean ain’t God good?”
The video comes after David asked supporters earlier in the week for prayers as Lindsey prepared for the procedure.
“I do not share much of my personal life on social media but today is gonna be different,” he wrote on Monday via X. “If you are the praying type please lift up my wife Lindsey. She has brain cancer and surgery is Wednesday at Duke. So thankful to serve a loving God that meets us in our struggles!”
After his post, the football and sports media world rallied around the couple, with NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson writing, “Praying for her, you, your family and the health care team. I hope you are heartened by the thousands of responses here. And more so by the character of our great God.”
“We never crossed paths at ESPN, but thinking of your wife and your family,” Former ESPN personality Britt McHenry, added, “We never crossed paths at ESPN, but thinking of your wife and your family. I, too, had brain cancer and surgery for it at Hopkins 5 years ago. If she needs anyone to talk to after it, I’m here. She’s got this. 💪🏼.”
When David shared the post-surgery update, he even got a shoutout from arguably another college football great.
“Man that’s awesome. Made my Day!” replied seven-time national championship head coach Nick Saban.
In his playing days, David played four seasons at Georgia, an SEC rival of the LSU Tigers, who Saban coached at the time. The College Football Hall of Famer was a three-time All-American and two-time SEC defensive player of the year. The Cincinnati Bengals took him with the 17th overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft but a fractured vertebra in his neck cut his career short.
David joined ESPN’s College GameDay in 2011 and eventually became part of the network’s Thursday Night Football crew. ESPN laid him off in 2023 and now hosts the “Family Goals Podcast,” talking sports and faith with pastor Jonathan Howes, and his own “David Pollack College Football” podcast.
David and Lindsey grew up in Gwinnett County in Georgia, attending rival high schools. He revealed in a 2005 interview with ESPN that his friends at Shiloh High School told him that he couldn’t date a girl from Parkview High. Rather than heeding their advice, he married Lindsey in June 2005.
The couple runs the Pollack Family Foundation with their two kids, Nicholas and Leah.
