Tony Pollard

Former running back at Memphis. 2018: 553 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 38 catches.

RB · Memphis · Jr. · #1

6′0″ · 208 lb · Memphis, TN

Dallas — drafted 2019, Rd 4, Pick 26, #128 overall

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 1799 nationally · Signed with Memphis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Memphis. 2018: 553 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 38 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2015.
Drafted round 4 by the Dallas in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Memphis, 942 rushing yards — drafted at #128 overall by Dallas.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Memphis3-star out of Melrose

2019

Drafted by Dallasround 4, pick 128

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1799 national

CFB

College

Memphis

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #128

Dallas · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Mike Norvell

Memphis

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 8th NFL season

#128Rd 4 · Pick 26

DallasEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Norvell — 26-14 over that span.

2016Memphis8-5HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2017Memphis10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2018Memphis8-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#5 / 326 · 99th pct

444

Receptions#10 / 326 · 97th pct

Yards / carry#20 / 339 · 94th pct

7.0

Rush TDs#110 / 339 · 63rd pct

Rush yards#153 / 339 · 55th pct

553

Long run#202 / 339 · 40th pct

Carries#212 / 339 · 37th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	28.9	6.1	0.4
Road7g	50.1	6.8	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	28.1	5.7	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	54.7	7.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Memphis	79	553	7.0	6	--
2017	Memphis	30	230	7.7	2	--
2016	Memphis	31	159	5.1	1	--
Career		140	942	6.7	9	--

Season	Team
2018	Memphis	38	444	11.7	3	--
2017	Memphis	36	536	14.9	4	--
2016	Memphis	29	298	10.3	2	--
Career		103	1,278	12.4	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 66–14

vs Mercer

5 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 52-point win at home against Mercer.

With B. White — 358 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 20 rush yds (3 car) · P. Taylor Jr. — 52 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 66-14vs Mercer	1	5	5.0	0	5	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 2	L 21-22@ Navy	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 3	W 59-22vs Georgia State	4	22	5.5	0	9
Wk 4	W 52-35vs South Alabama	3	30	10.0	1	16
Wk 5	L 24-40@ Tulane	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 6	W 55-14vs UConn	3	20	6.7	0	12
Wk 7	L 30-31vs UCF	5	29	5.8	1	19
Wk 8	L 33-65@ Missouri	8	75	9.4	0	21
Wk 10	W 59-41@ East Carolina	9	86	9.6	2	41
Wk 11	W 47-21vs Tulsa	6	13	2.2	0	5
Wk 12	W 28-18@ SMU	3	26	8.7	0	21
Wk 13	W 52-31vs Houston	11	83	7.5	1	24
Wk 14	L 41-56@ UCF	6	45	7.5	0	21
Bowl	L 34-37@ Wake Forest	18	113	6.3	1	41
Total		79	553	6.4	6	41

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