Name: Myles Pollard
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 194 lbs.
High school: Brentwood (TN) Ravenwood
Position: Cornerback
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #24
Last year: I ranked Pollard #69 and said he would be a backup cornerback (LINK). He played in two games and made 1 tackle.
TTB Rating: 83
When we talking getting late early for Michigan players, Myles Pollard comes to mind. Back in 2023 when Michigan was looking for a cornerback or two to help out early in the season when Will Johnson was injured and Josh Wallace was getting up to speed, the coaching staff turned to walk-on Keshaun Harris and nickel Mike Sainristil before trying Pollard. In fact, Pollard has played in four career games over two seasons: Bowling Green, UNLV, Colorado State, and UConn. Despite having two years of experience, he's only played against teams who were getting blown out.
So now we're headed into 2024 with similar questions at cornerback, but instead of planning to promote a guy like Pollard to full-time duty, the coaching staff went out and got transfers from Albany's Aamir Hall and UNLV's Ricky Johnson. Pollard has not been in the discussion at all despite the numerous moving parts. He had already been passed by D.J. Waller, who was one year younger, and now it seems that Jyaire Hill will also move past Pollard; the second cornerback seems to be coming down to Hall or Hill. So Michigan might get this year and perhaps next from Pollard, but the writing seems to be on the wall for him at Michigan.
Prediction: Backup cornerback
Getting late early is spot on. Sometimes guys pop late, like Quintin Johnson for example played even less than Pollard his first 2 years on campus. But that's somewhat unusual and at this point Pollard's ceiling appears to be a depth piece at best.
ReplyDeletePollard was a guy who checked all the boxes and hasn't delivered ... I thought he'd be in the mix last year
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