Dan Orlovsky will join Steve Levy and Louis Riddick Jr. on ESPN’s No. 2 NFL TV booth.

While ESPN signed Joe Buck and Troy Aikman as its No. 1 team, Levy and Riddick will call a handful of games this year and then around five per season beginning in 2023.

Orlovsky was pursued by Fox Sports, according to sources, where he would have fronted a five-day-a-week NFL show and done some games on Sundays. Orlovsky was not a candidate, however, for the top jobs.

Orlovsky, 38, essentially replaces Brian Griese. 

The Levy, Riddick and Orlovsky crew’s first game will be the second week of the season. “Monday Night Football” has a doubleheader that week and Buck and Aikman are expected to call the Titans-Bills game on ESPN.