Tony Poljan

#87 · TE · Sr. · Virginia6′7″ · 265 lb · Lansing, MI

Tony Poljan: TE · Virginia · #87.

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Tony Poljan

TE · Central Michigan · Sr · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: John Bonamego, Jim McElwain and Bronco Mendenhall. The first one came in 2019: All-MAC. One game to point at: 77 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Abilene Christian — Week 12, 2020.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Virginia in the news

Charges dismissed against former UVA playerOct 23
Ethan Minter out for Duke gameWww2 Dailyprogress Oct 21
Kam Courtney out for gameThe Daily Progress Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	Virginia	34	367	10.8	6	28
2019	Central Michigan	33	496	15.0	4	53
2018	Central Michigan	7	125	17.9	2	29
2017	Central Michigan	5	97	19.4	0	30
Career		79	1,085	13.7	12	53

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 5	L 23-41@ No. 1 Clemson	3	25	8.3	1	10
Wk 6	L 21-38vs NC State	7	31	4.4	1	9
Wk 7	L 23-40@ Wake Forest	4	46	11.5	0	19
Wk 8	L 14-19@ No. 11 Miami	4	26	6.5	1	11
Wk 9	W 44-41vs No. 15 North Carolina	2	33	16.5	1	17
Wk 11	W 31-17vs Louisville	1	18	18.0	0	20
Wk 12	W 55-15vs Abilene Christian	5	77	15.4	1	28	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 14	W 43-32vs Boston College	3	45	15.0	0	23
Wk 15	L 15-33@ Virginia Tech	5	66	13.2	1	23
Total		34	367	10.8	6	28

Signature game

Week 15 · 2020

L 15-33

at Virginia Tech

5 rec · 66 yds · 1 TD

With N. Griffin — 8 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · B. Armstrong — 259 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 23 rush yds (15 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −4.37Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 20 yds Tony Poljan fumbled, forced by Marlon Character, recovered by Lvile Jack Fagot
Week 12 · Abilene Christian · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 28 yds for a TD (Brian Delaney KICK)
Week 12 · Abilene Christian · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 19 yds to the Virg 44 for a
Week 15 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 23 yds for a TD (Brennan Armstrong pass to Terrell Jana for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 9 · North Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.58Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 17 yds for a TD (Brian Delaney KICK)
Week 8 · Miami · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 2 yds for a TD, (Brian Delaney KICK)

4 more plays

Week 8 · Miami · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.37Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 10 yds to the MiaFl 49 for a
Week 15 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 10 yds to the VTech 35 for a
Week 5 · Clemson · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.99Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Tony Poljan for 10 yds to the Virg 39 for a
Week 5 · Clemson · 2nd and 1 · Q4 · EPA +1.93Armstrong to Poljan: a 5-yard pass.

Teams and coaches

2017Central Michigan8-5HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2018Central Michigan1-11HC: John Bonamego · Run-leaning

2019Central Michigan8-6HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced

2020Virginia5-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2020 season

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (88th percentile). Concern: long catch (24th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#7 / 94 · 90th pct

Receptions#12 / 94 · 88th pct

Rec yards#22 / 94 · 77th pct

367

Fumbles lost#8 / 18 · 31st pct

Yards / catch#67 / 94 · 29th pct

10.8

Long catch#70 / 94 · 24th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2020, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	40.8	13.9	0.6
Road4g	4.0	40.8	9.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	4.7	34.0	8.1	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	44.2	14.1	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2020 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

Pass share

51.3%

378 pass / 359 run

Plays / game

73.7

10 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

409 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

34 catches in 9 games

More catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tony Poljan

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

34 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Central Michigan

2019 12 games