| Wide receiver | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: June 3, 1989 | |
| Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Career information | |
| College: Hawaiʻi | |
| Undrafted in 2012 | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| *New York Jets ( 2012– 2013)* | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Receptions | 5 |
| Receiving Yards | 57 |
| Receiving Touchdowns | 2 |
| Tackles | 6 |
| Stats at ArenaFan.com | |
Royce Pollard (born June 3, 1989) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Hawaiʻi.
Early years[]
Pollard attended University City High School in San Diego, California.[1] He was San Diego Union-Tribune scholar-athlete in 2007.[1]
College career[]
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 in which 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[]
New York Jets[]
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 Stanley 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[]
Pollard was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League on November 21, 2013.
Los Angeles KISS[]
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[]
On April 25, 2017, Pollard signed a free-agent contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Royce Pollard Hawaii profile". hawaiiathletics.com. http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8929.
- ↑ "Royce Pollard Statistics". sports-reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/royce-pollard-1.html.
- ↑ "Hawaii 6, Louisiana Tech 27 Box Score". sports-reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2009-09-30-louisiana-tech.html.
- ↑ "Hawaii 31, Army 28 Box Score". sports-reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2010-09-02-hawaii.html.
- ↑ "(14) Southern California 49, Hawaii 36 Box Score". sports-reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2010-09-11-army.html.
- ↑ "Athlon'S 2011 ALL-WAC Team". athlonsports.com. http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/all-wac-team-210.
- ↑ "Hawaii 44, Louisiana Tech 26 Box Score". sports-reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2011-10-01-louisiana-tech.html.
- ↑ "Rex Ryan says Jets had Quinton Coples and Stephen Hill rated higher than Bruce Irvin". nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/2012/05/rex-ryan-says-jets-had-quinton-coples-and-stephen-hill-rated-higher-than-bruce-irvin. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Royce Pollard". kffl.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205015653/http://www.kffl.com/player/26870/nfl/news/royce-pollard. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Rookie Terrance Ganaway among Jets final few cuts". profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/rookie-terrance-ganaway-among-jets-final-few-cuts/. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ↑ "Jets Announce Roster, Practice Squad Moves". newyorkjets.com. http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-1/Jets-Announce-Roster-Practice-Squad-Moves/80bd696c-0d87-49a6-a9b9-0ddc3f5e70935. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Pollard In, Arukwe Out on Practice Squad". newyorkjets.com. http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-1/Pollard-In-Arukwe-Out-on-Practice-Squad/742d49f4-5994-434f-acc6-0f58592f3445. 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 December 31, 2012. https://www.webcitation.org/6DKjRa3I2. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ↑ Jets Staff (May 12, 2013). "4 Tryouts Signed, 3 Undrafted FAs Released". New York Jets. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. https://www.webcitation.org/6GZT1LaJ6. Retrieved May 12, 2013.