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Dontae Pollard

Senior safety on Temple's 2025 roster.

S · Temple · Sr. · #31

5′10″ · 180 lb · Pittsburgh, PA

CFB Index 33 · #423 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Temple for 2026

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

The story

4 safety on Temple's 2025 roster.

Transferred from Samford to Temple in 2025.

His career, year by year

Dontae Pollard

S · Temple · Sr · #31

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 6 tackles against UTSA — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025Temple5-7HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #423 of 544?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.8	0.2	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #423 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #33 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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
2025	Temple	36	20	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2022	Akron	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		39	22	1.0	0.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025

W 27–21

vs UTSA

6 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With D. Atton — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 52 LONG · E. Simon — 181 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.9 · 23 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10@ Massachusetts	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 55-7vs Howard	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 3-42vs Oklahoma	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Georgia Tech	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 6	W 27-21vs UTSA	6	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 31-32vs Navy	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 49-14@ Charlotte	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 38-37@ Tulsa	5	3	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 14-45vs East Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 25-52@ North Texas	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		36	20	1.0	0.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Dontae Pollard

202510 games

2025 snapshot

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Awards

Rotational

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Signature game

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