Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Memphis
Tony Pollard
RB • 6'0" • 208 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
Tony Pollard leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 72.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Memphis
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Memphis
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
Tony Pollard built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 1, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Tony Pollard's career was his receiving role: 103...
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- Committed To
- Memphis
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 128
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Tony Pollard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Memphis. Tony Pollard leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 72.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,220
- Rushing yards
- 942
- Receiving yards
- 1,278
- Touchdowns
- 31
Quick Answers
Tony Pollard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Memphis · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,220
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Memphis
- Top game
- Houston
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Melrose · Memphis
- High school pipeline
- Melrose · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 4 · Pick 26 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Junior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 997 scrimmage yards · RB 82nd (top 12%) · American Athletic 18th (top 8%) · National 132nd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Memphis | 13 | 86 | 5 | 81 | 1 | 48 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Memphis | 13 | 371 | 154 | 217 | 6 | 48 |
| 2017 Postseason | Memphis | 13 | 43 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Memphis | 13 | 723 | 222 | 501 | 14 | 56.6 |
| 2018 Postseason | Memphis | 14 | 113 | 113 | 0 | 2 | 67.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Memphis | 14 | 884 | 440 | 444 | 8 | 67.2 |
Related Context
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Tony Pollard played RB for Memphis. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tony Pollard recorded 942 rushing yards, 1,278 receiving yards, and 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Memphis.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Memphis paired 997 primary output with 72.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 72.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with 199 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Memphis
Games
14
Scrimmage Yards / G
71.2
Efficiency
72.5
Usage
12.8
Consistency
59.9
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 113. Mercer: 13. Navy: 6. Georgia State: 64. South Alabama: 52. Tulane: 30. UConn: 64. UCF: 74. Missouri: 105. East Carolina: 116. Tulsa: 66. SMU: 44. Houston: 199. UCF: 51
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 18 by 65.4. Mercer: 3 by 49.3. Navy: 1 by 62.5. Georgia State: 7 by 72.5. South Alabama: 6 by 86.1. Tulane: 3 by 41.7. UConn: 7 by 79.8. UCF: 11 by 64.3. Missouri: 9 by 98.6. East Carolina: 12 by 90.3. Tulsa: 9 by 44.1. SMU: 4 by 95.8. Houston: 19 by 90.8. UCF: 8 by 73.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins77.3 · Games = 8 · +14.1 vs Losses
Losses63.2 · Games = 6 · -14.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
98.6 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/22 | @ Wake Forest100 rush yards | L 34-37 | 18 | 113 | 6.30 | 1 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sat 12/1 | @ UCF | L 41-56 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6.4 |
| Fri 11/23 | vs Houston150 scrimmage yards | W 52-31 | 11 | 83 | 7.50 | 1 | 8 | 116 | 10.5 |
| Sat 11/17 | @ SMU | W 28-18 | 3 | 26 | 8.70 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Tulsa | W 47-21 | 6 | 13 | 2.20 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 7.3 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ East Carolina2+ TD | W 59-41 | 9 | 86 | 9.60 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 9.7 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Missouri | L 33-65 | 8 | 75 | 9.40 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 11.7 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs UCF | L 30-31 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs UConn | W 55-14 | 3 | 20 | 6.70 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Tulane | L 24-40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 |
| Sun 9/23 | vs South Alabama | W 52-35 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 8.7 |
| Fri 9/14 | vs Georgia State | W 59-22 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 9.1 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Navy | L 21-22 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Mercer | W 66-14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.3 |
Player Story
Tony Pollard story
Tony Pollard built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 1, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Tony Pollard's career was his receiving role: 103 catches, 1,278 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns, and 942 rushing yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Memphis. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 942 rushing yards, 12 tackles, and 2,627 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis.
The arc is straightforward: Tony Pollard moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Memphis
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Memphis | 457 | 61.2 | 7.5 | 457 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Memphis | 457 | 61.2 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Memphis | 766 | 73.8 | 8.7 | 309 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Memphis | 766 | 73.8 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Memphis | 997 | 72.5 | 12.8 | 231 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Memphis | 997 | 72.5 | 12.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston
Week 13 · W 52-31 · Conference game
Win with 199 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
86.3 takeover
199 scrimmage yards and 23.8 usage.
#2
@ UCF
Week 14 · L 55-62 · Conference game
143
Scrimmage Yards
78.1 takeover
Loss with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
143 scrimmage yards and 12 usage.
#3
vs Tulane
Week 9 · W 56-26 · Conference game
118
Scrimmage Yards
74.2 takeover
Win with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
118 scrimmage yards and 14 usage.
#4
vs Bowling Green
Week 4 · W 77-3
76
Scrimmage Yards
69.8 takeover
Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 7.4 usage.
#5
@ Missouri
Week 8 · L 33-65
105
Scrimmage Yards
66.1 takeover
Loss with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
105 scrimmage yards and 16.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Memphis
997 primary output · 72.5 efficiency · 12.8 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Memphis
67.2
997 primary · 72.5 efficiency · 12.8 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Memphis
56.6
766 primary · 73.8 efficiency · 8.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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