Brice Pollock led the Big 12 in interceptions and graded among the five best coverage corners in the country at locking down passing downs. He's back to anchor a Texas Tech secondary chasing a return to the Playoff.
Pollock's 2025 was a complete corner season: a Big 12-leading five interceptions, eight pass breakups, roughly 48 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss, first-team All-Big 12, and an 81.8 PFF coverage grade that placed him fifth nationally in passer rating allowed on 100-plus passing-down snaps. He's not just a cover man, either — a 78.9 PFF run grade marks a willing tackler. The forward stakes ride with the program's: Texas Tech has real Playoff ambitions, and a veteran ballhawk who erases one side of the field is the kind of secondary anchor those runs require. He's the steady, productive corner an aspiring contender builds its pass defense around.
How he plays
Pollock is a complete, ball-producing corner — coverage first, but willing in the run game. The signature is the takeaways: a Big 12-leading five interceptions plus eight breakups, the production of a corner who reads routes and finishes at the catch point, backed by an 81.8 PFF coverage grade and a top-five national mark in passer rating allowed on passing downs. The 78.9 run grade rounds him out — he'll come up and tackle, not just cover. He's a balanced, instinctive boundary corner without an obvious weakness, the kind quarterbacks learn to avoid. On a Playoff-hopeful defense, he's the dependable lockdown piece.
