Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Akron
Israel Polk
WR • 6'1" • 170 lbs • Richmond, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Israel Polk reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh • Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Israel Polk built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Richmond, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Akron and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Israel Polk's career was his receiving...
Read the storyIsrael Polk, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron. Israel Polk reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 740
- Receptions
- 58
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Israel Polk quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 740
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Toledo
- High school pipeline
- St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Sophomore
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 525 receiving yards · WR 198th (top 19%) · Mid-American 10th (top 6%) · National 209th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 24 | 201 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 33 | 525 | 8 | 70.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Akron to Oklahoma State | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.8 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh to Akron | P4 to G5/FCS | 79.8 | Apr 22, 2024 |
Israel Polk played WR for Pittsburgh and Akron. Across 3 tracked seasons, Israel Polk recorded 740 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Akron paired 525 primary output with 74.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 74.2 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Pittsburgh, Akron.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Akron
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
43.8
Efficiency
74.2
Usage
15.6
Consistency
54.5
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 13. Nebraska: 4. UAB: 99. Duquesne: 47. Toledo: 16. Central Michigan: 14. Miami (OH): 28. Ball State: 72. Buffalo: 67. Massachusetts: 13. Kent State: 67. Bowling Green: 85
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. Wyoming: 2 by 43.3. Nebraska: 1 by 26.7. UAB: 4 by 100. Duquesne: 2 by 100. Toledo: 2 by 53.3. Central Michigan: 2 by 46.7. Miami (OH): 5 by 37.3. Ball State: 5 by 96. Buffalo: 3 by 100. Massachusetts: 1 by 86.7. Kent State: 4 by 100. Bowling Green: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins45.2 · Games = 5 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses42.7 · Games = 7 · -2.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
100 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/19 | @ Bowling Green | W 19-16 | — | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 42.50 | 1 | 75 |
| Wed 11/12 | vs Kent State | L 35-42 | — | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 1 | 19 |
| Wed 11/5 | vs Massachusetts | W 44-10 | — | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Buffalo | W 24-16 | — | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 0 | 46 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ball State2+ TD | L 28-42 | — | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 14.40 | 2 | 25 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Miami (OH) | L 7-20 | — | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Central Michigan | W 28-22 | — | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Toledo | L 3-45 | — | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Duquesne | W 51-7 | — | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 23.50 | 0 | 27 |
| Sun 9/14 | @ UAB2+ TD | L 28-31 | — | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 24.80 | 2 | 75 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Nebraska | L 0-68 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Wyoming | L 0-10 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 |
Player Story
Israel Polk story
Israel Polk built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Richmond, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Akron and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Israel Polk's career was his receiving role: 58 catches, 740 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Israel Polk'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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Pittsburgh
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 14 | 93.3 | 4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 201 | 54.2 | 11.8 | 187 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 525 | 74.2 | 15.6 | 324 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Toledo
Week 14 · W 21-14 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
47
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 125 UAB
Week 3 · L 28-31
99
Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
99 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 13 · W 19-16 · Conference game
85
Receiving Yards
86.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 132 Ball State
Week 8 · L 28-42 · Conference game
72
Receiving Yards
81.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
72 receiving yards with a 96 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 95 Buffalo
Week 9 · W 24-16 · Conference game
67
Receiving Yards
75.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Akron
525 primary output · 74.2 efficiency · 15.6 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
52.3
14 primary · 93.3 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Akron
47.2
201 primary · 54.2 efficiency · 11.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
2
2+ TD games
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