Player Dossier

2016-2018

South Carolina

Kiel Pollard

TE • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Moultrie, GA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Kiel Pollard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

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Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Player Story

Kiel Pollard built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a tight end from Moultrie, GA wearing No. 87, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Kiel Pollard's career was his receiving role: 17...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8809

Colquitt County · Moultrie, GA

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Kiel Pollard, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · South Carolina. Kiel Pollard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
203
Receptions
17
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Kiel Pollard quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · TE
Career Receiving Yards
203
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · South Carolina
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
3-star · Colquitt County · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Colquitt County · 43 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 87 · Junior
2018 Receiving yards rank
181 receiving yards · TE 78th (top 22%) · SEC 70th (top 31%) · National 635th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1118055.7
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina114037.8
2018 PostseasonSouth Carolina11-0051.2
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1115181251.2

Related Context

Kiel Pollard played TE for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kiel Pollard recorded 203 receiving yards, 7 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

South Carolina paired 18 primary output with 100 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 51 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: Clemson

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · South Carolina

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

16.5

Efficiency

51

Usage

7.3

Consistency

29.3

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 0. Coastal Carolina: 12. Georgia: 5. Vanderbilt: 12. Kentucky: 6. Missouri: 14. Texas A&M: 3. Tennessee: 10. Chattanooga: 19. Clemson: 94. Akron: 6

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. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 40. Georgia: 1 by 33.3. Vanderbilt: 1 by 80. Kentucky: 2 by 20. Missouri: 2 by 46.7. Texas A&M: 1 by 20. Tennessee: 1 by 66.7. Chattanooga: 2 by 63.3. Clemson: 2 by 100. Akron: 1 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins12.2 · Games = 6 · -9.4 vs Losses
Losses21.6 · Games = 5 · +9.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

100 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 12/29@ VirginiaL 0-28
Sat 12/1vs AkronW 28-3166604
Sun 11/25@ ClemsonL 35-562944747167
Sun 11/18vs ChattanoogaW 49-92199.59.50013
Sat 10/27vs TennesseeW 27-241101010010
Sat 10/13vs Texas A&ML 23-26133303
Sat 10/6vs MissouriW 37-352147709
Sat 9/29@ KentuckyL 10-24263304
Sat 9/22@ VanderbiltW 37-141121212012
Sat 9/8vs GeorgiaL 17-41155505
Sat 9/1vs Coastal CarolinaW 49-152126618

Player Story

Kiel Pollard story

Kiel Pollard built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a tight end from Moultrie, GA wearing No. 87, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Kiel Pollard's career was his receiving role: 17 catches, 203 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 13 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kiel Pollard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Carolina

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina181003.8
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina426.76.7-14
2018 PostseasonSouth Carolina181517.3177
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina181517.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Clemson

Week 13 · L 35-56

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

94

Receiving Yards

73.4 takeover

94 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Georgia

Week 6 · L 14-28 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

70.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Tennessee

Week 7 · W 15-9 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

49.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

4 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

#4

@ Vanderbilt

Week 4 · W 37-14 · Conference game

12

Receiving Yards

36.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

12 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

#5

vs Tennessee

Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game

10

Receiving Yards

35.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

10 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · South Carolina

18 primary output · 100 efficiency · 3.8 usage

55.7

#2

2018 Postseason · South Carolina

51.2

181 primary · 51 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · South Carolina

51.2

181 primary · 51 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games