Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2011Illinois
Troy Pollard
RB • 5'8" • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Troy Pollard leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Troy Pollard built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a running back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Troy Pollard's career was his backfield work: 836...
Read the storyTroy Pollard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Illinois. Troy Pollard leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 893
- Rushing yards
- 836
- Receiving yards
- 57
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Troy Pollard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 893
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2011 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2011
- 2011 Scrimmage yards rank
- 498 scrimmage yards · RB 154th (top 34%) · Big Ten 41st (top 19%) · National 407th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 158 | 148 | 10 | 0 | 48 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 25.1 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 76 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Illinois | 10 | 114 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 23.9 |
| 2011 Postseason | Illinois | 13 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 0 | 54.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 489 | 462 | 27 | 2 | 54.4 |
Related Context
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Troy Pollard played RB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Troy Pollard recorded 836 rushing yards, 57 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
Illinois paired 498 primary output with 55.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
5
Scrimmage Yards / G
9.4
Efficiency
45
Usage
2.8
Consistency
38.2
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 36. Michigan: -7. Indiana: 7. Iowa: 10. Western Michigan: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Illinois: 3 by 100. Michigan: 1 by 0. Indiana: 1 by 72.9. Iowa: 2 by 41.7. Western Michigan: 1 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins11.5 · Games = 4 · +10.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -10.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
Best efficiency game
100 vs Eastern Illinois
Player Story
Troy Pollard story
Troy Pollard built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a running back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Troy Pollard's career was his backfield work: 836 rushing yards, 130 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 57 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His career also includes 57 receiving yards and 1,011 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Troy Pollard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Illinois
2007-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720082009201020112011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Illinois | 158 | 65.5 | 15 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Illinois | 47 | 45 | 2.8 | -111 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 76 | 51 | 2.5 | 29 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Illinois | 114 | 38.3 | 4 | 38 |
| 2011 Postseason | Illinois | 498 | 55.3 | 9.4 | 384 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Illinois | 498 | 55.3 | 9.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 4 · W 23-20
Win with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
133
Scrimmage Yards
82.5 takeover
133 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
#2
@ Syracuse
Week 3 · W 41-20
92
Scrimmage Yards
81.2 takeover
Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 24.5 usage.
#3
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 2 · W 47-21
36
Scrimmage Yards
70.8 takeover
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and 4.3 usage.
#4
vs South Dakota State
Week 2 · W 56-3
101
Scrimmage Yards
70.2 takeover
Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
101 scrimmage yards and 12.1 usage.
#5
vs Missouri
Week 1 · L 9-37
42
Scrimmage Yards
68.9 takeover
Loss with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and 10.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Postseason · Illinois
498 primary output · 55.3 efficiency · 9.4 usage
54.4
#2
2011 Regular Season · Illinois
54.4
498 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Illinois
48
158 primary · 65.5 efficiency · 15 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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