Brice Pollock led the Big 12 in interceptions and graded among the five best coverage corners in the country at locking down passing downs. He's back to anchor a Texas Tech secondary chasing a return to the Playoff.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Snellville, GA · Shiloh
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 468 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Brice Pollock led the Big 12 in interceptions and graded among the five best coverage corners in the country at locking down passing downs. He's back to anchor a Texas Tech secondary chasing a return to the Playoff.
Pollock's 2025 was a complete corner season: a Big 12-leading five interceptions, eight pass breakups, roughly 48 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss, first-team All-Big 12, and an 81.8 PFF coverage grade that placed him fifth nationally in passer rating allowed on 100-plus passing-down snaps. He's not just a cover man, either -- a 78.9 PFF run grade marks a willing tackler. The forward stakes ride with the program's: Texas Tech has real Playoff ambitions, and Resolves 2027-01-20.PENDING is the kind of secondary anchor those runs require. He's the steady, productive corner an aspiring contender builds its pass defense around.
A falsifiable call from this player's outlook. Not yet gradeable.
the veteran ballhawk helps Texas Tech back to the Playoff
Graded as: at least 1 College Football Playoff game in 2026.
Resolves 2027-01-20.
PENDINGHis career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Pollock is a complete, ball-producing corner -- coverage first, but willing in the run game. The signature is the takeaways: a Big 12-leading five interceptions plus eight breakups, the production of a corner who reads routes and finishes at the catch point, backed by an 81.8 PFF coverage grade and a top-five national mark in passer rating allowed on passing downs. The 78.9 run grade rounds him out -- he'll come up and tackle, not just cover. He's a balanced, instinctive boundary corner without an obvious weakness, the kind quarterbacks learn to avoid. On a Playoff-hopeful defense, he's the dependable lockdown piece.
Written by our staff.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Joey McGuire.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas Tech | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 47 | 30 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 48 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 24 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 128 | 74 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 17 | 6 | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-10vs Abilene Christian | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-24@ Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-26vs Houston | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 28–26
vs Houston
4 tackles · 2 solo tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With W. Hammond — 257 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.5 · 30 rush yds (5 car) · W. Karoll — 58.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
Since week 2: +4 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
43.7%
90 pass / 116 run
Plays / game
68.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
100 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #6 of 42 Big 12 DBs
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Play style
Pollock is a complete, ball-producing corner -- coverage first, but willing in the run game. The signature is the takeaways: a Big 12-leading five interceptions plus eight breakups, the production of a corner who reads routes and finishes at the catch point, backed by an 81.8 PFF coverage grade and a top-five national mark in passer rating allowed on passing downs. The 78.9 run grade rounds him out -- he'll come up and tackle, not just cover. He's a balanced, instinctive boundary corner without an obvious weakness, the kind quarterbacks learn to avoid. On a Playoff-hopeful defense, he's the dependable lockdown piece.
Our classifier reads him the same way: hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Player DNA
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sage Ryan’s 2023 season.
Matches Sage on
Differs from Sage on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kamren Kinchens's junior season at Miami (2023).
Matches Kamren on
Player DNA
CAREER HONORS All-Big 12 First Team (2025, Jr.) Associated Press All-Big 12 First Team (2025, Jr.) PFF All-Big 12 Team (2025, Jr.) DCTF All-Texas College First Team (2025, Jr.) Second-Team Midseason DCTF All-Texas CFB Team (2025, Jr.) Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week - Sept. 15 (2025, Jr.)…
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