Kirk Herbstreit makes a lot of money to call football games. The long-time broadcaster is estimated to make somewhere between $14-18 million per year between his duties calling college football games for ESPN and NFL games on Amazon on Thursday Night Football.

ESPN broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit felt all the emotions during his postgame debrief with Scott Van Pelt and Chris Fowler after his Ohio State Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff national title.

Kirk Herbstreit wasn’t able to hold back his emotions after Ohio State won the national championship on Monday night. A day later, Herbstreit revealed there was more happening in his life that previously had not been shared widely.

Kirk Herbstreit, who went to Ohio State and played football for the Buckeyes, had some more feelings. Kirk's son, Zak, is a tight end for Ohio State, and the two shared a special embrace after the win. Ohio State Buckeyes tight end Zak Herbstreit (89) talks to his dad, Kirk Herbstreit.

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When asked about the Buckeyes’ 34-23 win over Notre Dame, the ESPN analyst, who also quarterbacked Ohio State from 1989-93 and has a son currently on the team, became emotional and wiped away tears during the network’s postgame show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Kirk Herbstreit reached for a tissue and got emotional when talking about the Buckeyes' win on ESPN on Monday night.

After watching his alma mater win the college football national championship, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit, who was on the call for the game, was in tears.

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit, whose son plays for Ohio State, became visibly emotional while discussing the Buckeyes' CFP title win over Notre Dame.

Approximately 15 seconds later while Kirk Herbstreit was talking, Ohio State snapped the ball and Will Howard tossed the ball to Emeka Egbuka. As Egbuka was brought down after a b

That, more anything anything, has impressed ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit.