Name: Micah Pollard
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 234 lbs.
High school: Jacksonville (FL) Bartram Trail
Position: Linebacker
Class: Junior
Jersey number: #4
Last year: I ranked Pollard #57 and said he would be a backup linebacker and special teamer (LINK). He played in twelve games and made 8 tackles.
TTB Rating: 74
Pollard was ranked at #57 last year, too, and he ended up playing in all fifteen games, but just four on defense. He was mostly a special teams player, and he made 7 tackles throughout the season. While the coaching staff seems to like him okay - he has played in 27 games over two seasons - there doesn't seem to be a big push to get him on the field much at linebacker. He was a third- or fourth-stringer in 2023, and that is likely to continue in 2024.
Pollard will probably continue to play on special teams, but Ernest Hausmann and Jaishawn Barham will start, and the primary backups appear to be Jaydon Hood and Jimmy Rolder. Hood played more snaps (85) than Pollard (33), and Rolder (23) played in just three games last year in order to maintain his redshirt. There is a little bit of hope for Pollard if the depth chart clears out ahead of him (Hausmann and Barham could potentially jump to the NFL), but Hood and Rolder could both return for 2025. Unless Pollard can pull a Rolder and take a redshirt year to gain an extra season of eligibility, we're probably talking about a career backup.
Prediction: Backup linebacker and special teamer
Analysis is spot on - special teams contributor.
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