Tayler Polk: LB · Ole Miss · #24.
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Tayler Polk
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The two seasons at Ole Miss span two head coaches: Hugh Freeze and Matt Luke. A game that shows it: 12 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 47-27vs South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-44@ No. 12 Auburn | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 57-35vs Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-40vs No. 24 LSU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 37-38vs Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-34@ Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 50-22vs Louisiana | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31vs Texas A&M | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28@ No. 16 Mississippi State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 23 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
5%2 pass breakups39 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Luke
Pass share
54.1%
433 pass / 367 run
Plays / game
66.7
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
473 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ole Miss, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Matt Luke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
