Rece Davis, who worked alongside Saban every Saturday on ESPN’s flagship college football show, reacted to the news on social media: “This is fantastic. Nick was extraordinary. A brilliant communicator no matter what the setting. Team room. Board room. Gameday set. He crushes all of them. Congratulations! Many more to come!”

The former Alabama football coach was given the Sports Emmys award for Outstanding Personality/Emerging Talent for his work on ESPN's "College GameDay." Saban beat out Prime Video's Ryan Fitzpatrick, ESPN's Jason Kelce, Prime Video's Richard Sherman and CBS/TNT's Jay Wright for the award.

The other nominees for the award included Prime Video’s Ryan Fitzpatrick and Richard Sherman, ESPN’s Jason Kelce and CBS’ Jay Wright. The Sports Emmy ceremony will be held M