Player Dossier

2017-2020

Utah State

C.J. Pollard

S • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Carson, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

C.J. Pollard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
USC • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9039

Junipero Serra · Gardena, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

C.J. Pollard, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · USC. C.J. Pollard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
29
TFL
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

C.J. Pollard quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · S
Career Tackles
29
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Oregon
Recruit profile
4-star · Junipero Serra · USC
High school pipeline
Junipero Serra · 73 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 28 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonUSC3310--021
2018 Regular SeasonUSC71110-1033.9
2019 Regular SeasonUSC51510--024.8
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State00-0--0-

Related Context

C.J. Pollard played S for USC and Utah State. Across 4 tracked seasons, C.J. Pollard recorded 4 rushing yards and 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

USC paired 2 primary output with 9.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · USC

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

7.5

Usage

1.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. California: 1. Arizona State: 0

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. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. California: 1 by 14.2. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs California

Result
Sun 10/29@ Arizona StateW 48-1711000
Sat 9/23@ CaliforniaW 30-2011100
Sat 9/2vs Western MichiganW 49-3110000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    USC

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah State

    2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonUSC17.51.8
2018 Regular SeasonUSC29.421
2019 Regular SeasonUSC114.53.4-1
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oregon

Week 10 · L 24-56 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Stanford

Week 2 · L 3-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ California

Week 4 · W 30-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

49.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#4

vs UNLV

Week 1 · W 43-21

1

Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#5

@ Texas

Week 3 · L 14-37

0

Havoc Plays

14.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · USC

2 primary output · 9.4 efficiency · 2 usage

33.9

#2

2019 Regular Season · USC

24.8

1 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · USC

21

1 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games