Royce Pollard (American football)
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| Born: | June 3, 1989 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | San Diego (CA) University City | ||||||||||
| College: | Hawaiʻi | ||||||||||
| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |||||||||||
Royce Pollard (born June 3, 1989) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Hawaiʻi.
Early life
[edit]Pollard attended University City High School in San Diego, California.[1] He was San Diego Union-Tribune scholar-athlete in 2007.[1]
College career
[edit]Pollard played college football at the University of Hawaii. He finished college with 154 receptions, 2,140 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns along with 342 kick return yards.[2]
In his freshman year, Pollard played 8 games, and he finished the season with 4 receptions and 71 receiving yards.
In his sophomore year, he had 15 receptions and 157 receiving yards in 8 games. On September 30, 2009, he had a season-high 7 receptions for 84 yards and a season-high 146 kick return yards against Louisiana Tech.[3]
In his junior year, In 14 games, he had 64 receptions, 901 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns. On September 2, 2010, in the season opener against USC, in which he had 7 receptions for 106 yards.[4] In the next game against Army, he recorded 5 receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown on September 11, 2010.[5] On October 9, 2010, he recorded 8 receptions for 96 yards against Fresno State. On November 20, 2010, in a game against San Jose State in which he recorded 4 receptions for 97 yards and touchdown.
In his senior year, he played 12 games in which he had a 71 receptions, 1,011 receiving yards and 8 touchdowns. He was named to the 2011 second-team all-WAC after his senior season.[6] On September 10, 2011, he had 8 receptions for 128 yards against Washington. On September 24, 2011, he had 9 receptions for 145 yards against UC Davis. The next game against Louisiana Tech in which he had a career-high 10 receptions for a career-high 216 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns on October 1, 2011.[7] On October 29, 2011, he tied a season-high and career high 10 receptions for 151 receiving yards against Idaho.
Professional career
[edit]New York Jets
[edit]On May 6, 2012, he was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent.[8] On August 30, 2012, he suffered a torn labrum during preseason.[9] On August 31, he was released on the day of final roster cuts.[10] On September 1, 2012, he was signed to the practice squad.[11] On September 12, 2012, he was released from the practice squad after the team signed wide receiver Stanley Arukwe to the practice squad.[9] On September 17, 2012, he was signed to the team's practice squad after the team released Arukwe from the practice squad.[12]
Pollard signed a reserve/future contract with the team on December 31, 2012.[13] He was released on May 12, 2013.[14]
Cleveland Gladiators
[edit]Pollard was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League on November 21, 2013.
Los Angeles KISS
[edit]On October 28, 2014, Pollard was traded to the Los Angeles KISS for future considerations. Pollard was placed on reassignment on March 22, 2015.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
[edit]On April 25, 2017, Pollard signed a free-agent contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Royce Pollard Hawaii profile". hawaiiathletics.com.
- ^ "Royce Pollard Statistics". sports-reference.com.
- ^ "Hawaii 6, Louisiana Tech 27 Box Score". sports-reference.com.
- ^ "(14) Southern California 49, Hawaii 36 Box Score". sports-reference.com.
- ^ "Hawaii 31, Army 28 Box Score". sports-reference.com.
- ^ "Athlon'S 2011 ALL-WAC Team". athlonsports.com.
- ^ "Hawaii 44, Louisiana Tech 26 Box Score". sports-reference.com.
- ^ "Rex Ryan says Jets had Quinton Coples and Stephen Hill rated higher than Bruce Irvin". nydailynews.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ a b "Royce Pollard". kffl.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ "Rookie Terrance Ganaway among Jets final few cuts". profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ "Jets Announce Roster, Practice Squad Moves". newyorkjets.com. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "Pollard In, Arukwe Out on Practice Squad". newyorkjets.com. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ^ Jets Media Relations Department (December 31, 2012). "Jets Sign 8 to Reserve/Future Contracts". New York Jets. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ Jets Staff (May 12, 2013). "4 Tryouts Signed, 3 Undrafted FAs Released". New York Jets. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.