Player Dossier

2017-2022

West Virginia

Brian Polendey

TE • 6'4" • 256 lbs • Denton, TX, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Brian Polendey reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

7

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

20

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Colorado State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Miami • Colorado State • West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8711

Guyer · Denton, TX

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Brian Polendey, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Colorado State. Brian Polendey reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
43
Receptions
8

Quick Answers

Brian Polendey quick answers

Latest team and position
West Virginia · TE
Career Receiving Yards
43
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 9 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Colorado State
Top game
Oklahoma State
Recruit profile
3-star · Guyer · Miami
High school pipeline
Guyer · 50 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 88 · Senior
2022 Receiving yards rank
36 receiving yards · TE 285th (top 65%) · Big 12 118th (top 70%) · National 1,409th (top 67%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonMiami0-00-
2018 Regular SeasonMiami1114062.5
2019 Regular SeasonMiami0-00-
2020 Regular SeasonColorado State11-7030.8
2021 Regular SeasonColorado State2-00100
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia5636055

Related Context

Brian Polendey played TE for Miami, Colorado State, and West Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Brian Polendey recorded 43 receiving yards and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Colorado State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 36 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, Colorado State, West Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Win 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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2022 Regular Season · West Virginia

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

7.2

Efficiency

36

Usage

8.6

Consistency

55.2

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 6. Texas Tech: 4. Iowa State: 2. Kansas State: 6. Oklahoma State: 18

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. Baylor: 1 by 40. Texas Tech: 1 by 26.7. Iowa State: 1 by 13.3. Kansas State: 1 by 40. Oklahoma State: 2 by 60

Split Comparison

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

Wins12 · Games = 2 · +8 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 3 · -8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

60 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sat 11/26@ Oklahoma StateW 24-1921899015
Sat 11/19vs Kansas StateL 31-48166606
Sat 11/5@ Iowa StateL 14-31122202
Sat 10/22@ Texas TechL 10-48144404
Thu 10/13vs BaylorW 43-40166606

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Miami

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado State

    2020-2021

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    West Virginia

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonMiami0
2018 Regular SeasonMiami1493.35.314
2019 Regular SeasonMiami0-14
2020 Regular SeasonColorado State-707.7-7
2021 Regular SeasonColorado State07
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia36368.636

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oklahoma State

Week 13 · W 24-19 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18

Receiving Yards

75.6 takeover

18 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

#2

vs Savannah St

Week 2 · W 77-0

14

Receiving Yards

70.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

14 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Kansas State

Week 12 · L 31-48 · Conference game

6

Receiving Yards

31.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

6 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

#4

vs Baylor

Week 7 · W 43-40 · Conference game

6

Receiving Yards

29.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

6 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

#5

@ Texas Tech

Week 8 · L 10-48 · Conference game

4

Receiving Yards

21 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

4 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Colorado State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2018 Regular Season · Miami

62.5

14 primary · 93.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · West Virginia

55

36 primary · 36 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games