Dontae Pollard is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Temple.
Pollard moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Joe Moorhead and K.C. Keeler. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against UTSA — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10@ Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs Howard | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-42vs No. 13 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-45@ No. 18 Georgia Tech | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 27-21vs UTSA | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Navy | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-37@ Tulsa | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 25-52@ No. 21 North Texas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2025
W 38-37
at Tulsa
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Tulsa on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
36tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL36 tackles · 1 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Pass share
47.0%
348 pass / 392 run
Plays / game
61.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #33 of 38 American Athletic Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Joe Moorhead and K.C. Keeler.
