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Position: | Director of player engagement | ||||||||
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Born: | Lanett, Alabama, U.S. | February 8, 1972||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Valley (Valley, Alabama) | ||||||||
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Undrafted: | 1995 | ||||||||
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Marcus LaJuan Pollard (born February 8, 1972) is an American former professional football tight end and current director of player engagement and youth football for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Pollard played 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with four teams, the Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, and Atlanta Falcons. Pollard was also an off-season member of the New England Patriots.
Marcus Pollard was born in Lanett, Alabama and attended Valley High School in Valley, Alabama. He played both football and basketball while in high school. [1]
Pollard began his college basketball career at Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas from 1990 to 1992. While at Seward, Pollard averaged 12.3 points per game and won 28 total games. During his sophomore season at Seward, Pollard averaged 14.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. [2]
Pollard transferred to Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois for his junior and senior seasons. [3] Pollard started 49 of 58 games at Forward during his two years with Bradley, where he averaged 7.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game with a 49.7% field goal percentage. [4] In the 1993-1994 season, Pollard helped Bradley complete a turnaround from their previous 11-16 record. Bradley finished with a 23-8 record, having reached the third round of the National Invitational Tournament. [5]
Pollard was inducted into the Bradley Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2017. [6] [5]
Despite not having played college football, [7] Pollard was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 1995. He spent 10 seasons with the Colts, initially as a blocking tight end. However, he quickly developed into a reliable pass-catching tight end, and ended his time in Indianapolis with a total of 263 receptions, 3,391 receiving yards, and 35 touchdowns. [8]
Pollard's breakout season with the Colts came in 1998. He started 11 of 16 games and had 24 receptions for 309 yards and four touchdowns. The 2001 season was Pollard's best, when he totaled 47 receptions, 739 yards, and eight touchdowns. [8] On November 11, 2004, Pollard caught two touchdown passes to help the Colts to a 31-28 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. [9]
After the emergence of tight end Dallas Clark in Indianapolis left Pollard expendable, Pollard was released following the 2004 season.
Pollard spent two seasons in Detroit, where he started 21 of 31 games. His most productive season in Detroit came in 2005. He started all 16 games and recorded 46 receptions for 516 yards and three touchdowns. Pollard was released by the Lions following the 2006 season. [10]
The Seattle Seahawks signed Pollard for the 2007 season, his only year in Seattle. Pollard started 10 of the 14 games he appeared in, with 28 receptions for 273 yards and two touchdowns.
Pollard signed with the New England Patriots prior to the 2008 season. However, he was released in August before the regular season began. [11]
After being released from the Patriots, Pollard was picked up by the Atlanta Falcons at the beginning of the 2008 season. He appeared in one game before retiring. [1]
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yards | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1995 | IND | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | IND | 16 | 4 | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 48 | 1 |
1997 | IND | 16 | 6 | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 28 | 0 |
1998 | IND | 16 | 11 | 24 | 309 | 12.9 | 44 | 4 |
1999 | IND | 16 | 12 | 34 | 374 | 11.0 | 33 | 4 |
2000 | IND | 16 | 14 | 30 | 439 | 14.6 | 50 | 3 |
2001 | IND | 16 | 16 | 47 | 739 | 15.7 | 86 | 8 |
2002 | IND | 15 | 15 | 43 | 478 | 11.1 | 41 | 6 |
2003 | IND | 14 | 13 | 40 | 541 | 13.5 | 70 | 3 |
2004 | IND | 13 | 13 | 29 | 309 | 10.7 | 31 | 6 |
2005 | DET | 16 | 16 | 46 | 516 | 11.2 | 86 | 3 |
2006 | DET | 15 | 5 | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 22 | 0 |
2007 | SEA | 14 | 10 | 28 | 273 | 9.8 | 22 | 2 |
2008 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 192 | 135 | 349 | 4,280 | 12.3 | 86 | 40 |
Since 2013, Pollard has served as the Director of Player Engagement and Youth Football for the Jacksonville Jaguars. [12] [13]
Pollard and his wife, Amani, were cast members of the reality television show The Amazing Race 19 . [14] They finished the competition in third place out of 11 teams. They have four children. [15] Pollard's son, Micah, currently plays college football for the University of Michigan. [16]
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