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Tony Pollard

Running Back, Tennessee Titans · #20.

Player facts

Team: Tennessee Titans
Position: Running Back
Number: 20
Born: Apr 30, 1997 (age 29)
Birthplace: Memphis, TN, USA
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 209 lbs
College: Memphis
Experience: 8 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	68	273	4.0	1	18	8	24	3.0	0	18	0	0
Last 5 Games	68	273	4.1	1	18	8	24	1.3	0	18	0	0
Career	1332	6,055	4.5	34	65	258	1,786	6.9	5	68	12	7

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Rushing	87 carries	-0.07	40%		21st of 41
Receiving	13 targets	-1.29	8%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs HOU	L 26-3	14	52	3.7	0	14	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ BAL	L 24-18	16	48	3.0	1	7	2	2	1.0	0	2	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ NYG	L 12-7	17	74	4.4	0	16	4	22	5.5	0	18	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs PHI	L 24-20	14	64	4.6	0	18	1	1	1.0	0	1	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs NYJ	L 23-10	7	35	5.0	0	13	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Tony Randall Pollard (born April 30, 1997) is an American professional football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Memphis Tigers and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tony Pollard, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Pollard attended Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee, where he played high school football. As a senior, he was a two-way starter at wide receiver and cornerback on the high school football team. Pollard helped the team reach the playoffs, while amassing over 1,200 receiving yards, 20 touchdowns and being named All-District 16-AAA.

2016 season

Pollard accepted a football scholarship from the University of Memphis. As a redshirt freshman, he appeared in 13 games, of which he started seven. Pollard registered 29 receptions for 298 yards (10.3-yard avg.), 31 carries for 159 yards (5.1-yard avg.) and three touchdowns. He finished among the national leaders in kickoff return average (28.1 yards). Pollard had two returns for a touchdown and was named the American Athletic Conference's Special Teams Player of the Year.

2017 season

As a sophomore, Pollard posted 36 receptions for 536 yards (14.9-yard avg.), 30 carries for 230 yards (7.7-yard avg.) and six touchdowns. He led the nation with a school-record 40-yard average per kickoff return (22 for 881 yards) and four returns for touchdowns. Pollard repeated as the AAC's Special Teams Player of the Year.

2018 season

Although Pollard shared the backfield with Darrell Henderson as a junior, he totaled 78 carries for 552 yards (7.1-yard avg.), 39 receptions for 458 yards (11.7-yard avg.), ten touchdowns with one kickoff return for a touchdown. In the 2018 Birmingham Bowl against Wake Forest, he recorded 318 all-purpose yards (209 on kickoff returns) and one rushing touchdown.

Pollard was considered one of the best kickoff return specialists in college football, tying a FBS record with seven career kick-return touchdowns, 87 kickoff returns (second in school history), 2,616 kickoff return yards (second in school history), 30.1 kick-return average (school record) and 4,680 all-purpose yards (second in school history).

On January 11, 2019, Pollard declared for the 2019 NFL draft. Six days later, he was added to the 2019 North Senior Bowl roster.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tony Pollard, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹