Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-10vs Abilene Christian | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 35-24@ Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
#14
Brice Pollock
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.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Snellville, GA · Shiloh
CFB Index 79 · #45 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Texas Tech for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 468 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
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.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2023.
- Transferred from Mississippi State to Texas Tech in 2025.
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.
The story
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 Resolves 2027-01-20. is the kind of secondary anchor those runs require. He's the steady, productive corner an aspiring contender builds its pass defense around.
The record
A falsifiable call from this player's outlook. Not yet gradeable.
What we said
the veteran ballhawk helps Texas Tech back to the Playoff
Graded as: at least 1 College Football Playoff game in 2026.
What happened
Resolves 2027-01-20.
PENDINGHis career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
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.
Written by our staff.
20238 games
- Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of Shiloh
202513 games
- Entered the portal
- All-Big 12first
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Texas Tech
Played his entire career under Joey McGuire.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning
2025Texas Tech12-2HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced
2026Texas Tech2-0HC: Joey McGuire · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidenceSustained Ascent
Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 2.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #6 of 42 Big 12 DBs
How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 47 | 30 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 48 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 24 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 124 | 72 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 17 | 6 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 33–10
3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 23-point win at home against Abilene Christian.
With W. Hammond — 298 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 11 rush yds (2 car) · J. Williams — 71 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
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.
Our classifier reads him the same way: hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
2026 Outlook
Texas Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Texas Tech
Returning around him
- 9 Texas Tech players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (23 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas Tech · Last season: 12-2 (AP #4) · Talent rank #29 · 2026 recruiting class #18
DNA match
Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sage Ryan’s 2023 season.
Matches Sage on
Weight
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Differs from Sage on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kamren Kinchens's junior season at Miami (2023).
87%match
1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 3 · Pk 36
Matches Kamren on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Brice Pollock
Background
CAREER HONORS All-Big 12 First Team (2025, Jr.) Associated Press All-Big 12 First Team (2025, Jr.) PFF All-Big 12 Team (2025, Jr.) DCTF All-Texas College First Team (2025, Jr.) Second-Team Midseason DCTF All-Texas CFB Team (2025, Jr.) Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week - Sept. 15 (2025, Jr.) Shr...
The secondary · Texas Tech
- #7Brenden Jordan59 tackles · 2025
- #14Brice Pollock47 tackles · 2025
- #27Amier Boyd-Matthews26 tackles · 2025
- #4Davin Martin26 tackles · 2025
- #3Peyton Morgan11 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Texas Tech team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology