Former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy will take the next step in his post-football/television career this fall.

McElroy will join veteran play-by-play Dave Pasch in the booth as a color analyst for ABC/ESPN's Saturday games, it was announced Thursday. McElroy will join the returning team of Pasch and field analyst Tom Luginbill.

The former Crimson Tide quarterback will transition from the SEC Network's traveling pregame show SEC Nation to a weekly regular-season game assignment. McElroy will also continue to contribute to SEC Now throughout the week.

The former national championship-winning quarterback has some experience under his belt calling games as a studio analyst for the past two years, in addition to covering several spring games, bowl games and two regular-season game

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ESPN re-signed Pasch and Bob Wischusen while reporter Allison Williams will join the team of Wischusen and Brock Huard.

"The quality and depth of our on-air lineup continues to be one of the strengths of our college football coverage," said Lee Fitting, ESPN senior coordinating producer, according to a release. "Dave and Bob will again be front and center on high impact games in key ESPN and ABC timeslots for us. We look forward to seeing Greg and Allison in their new roles."