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Joe Namath will be the ESPN College GameDay celebrity picker.

(Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Broadway Joe is heading back to University Boulevard.

Joe Namath, perhaps one of the most well-known Alabama players in program history, will be back in the spotlight Saturday. He will be the celebrity guest picker for ESPN's popular College GameDay broadcast entering the Iron Bowl game.

It'll be Namath's second appearance on TV before an Alabama game this season. He was a guest on the SEC Nation broadcast before the Tide faced Florida on Sept. 20.

Before it was announced officially, GameDay host Chris Fowler teased the selection with reporters. The show veteran only said an Alabama legend would be on stage Saturday morning.

In three games against Auburn, Namath left Alabama with a 2-1 Iron Bowl record from 1962-64. The 1964 game was the first Iron Bowl to be broadcast nationally.

GameDay airs live from 8-11 a.m. CT from the stage outside Bryant-Denny Stadium's north end zone. The celebrity guest picker is the final segment in which analysts chose winners and losers for the day's games.

The Iron Bowl kicks off at 6:45 p.m. Saturday.

Two weeks ago, speculation for the Alabama-Mississippi State guest picker surrounded actors and former athletes. But ESPN honored retired Navy SEAL and the true story behind the hit movie and book "Lone Survivor," Marcus Luttrell.