On June 1, 2026, AJ Hawk was officially named as a nominee for the 2027 National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame. On The Pat McAfee Show, host Pat McAfee celebrated the milestone with a characteristically grand introduction, welcoming the "college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, a Roger Cup winner" live from his Ohio attic.
But the prestige of a Hall of Fame nod didn't shield AJ Hawk from the show's signature locker-room hazing. Pat McAfee quickly pivoted from the accolades to tease his co-host about his allegedly bizarre athletic preparation habits, asserting that "AJ Hawk used to drink his own urine."
For his part, AJ Hawk rolled with the punches while attempting to preview an upcoming golf tournament at Shinnecock, even as he temporarily lost his train of thought on air, muttering, "Uh, it's at, uh... Oh, come on." before recovering to help introduce a lineup of visiting UFC fighters.
As the Hall of Fame voting process gets underway, expect AJ Hawk to remain a central target of endearingly chaotic banter on The Pat McAfee Show, where elite gridiron achievements and absurd personal rumors occupy the exact same block of airtime.