Brice Pollock
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.
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 a veteran ballhawk who erases one side of the field is the kind of secondary anchor those runs require. He's the steady, productive corner an aspiring contender builds its pass defense around.
How he plays
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.
The story
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 a veteran ballhawk who erases one side of the field is the kind of secondary anchor those runs require. He's the steady, productive corner an aspiring contender builds its pass defense around.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Joey McGuire.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 119 | 67 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 13 | 6 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 34–10
at Utah
6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 0 TFL
Dominant 24-point win on the road against Utah.
How he plays
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.
2026 Outlook
Texas Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Texas Tech
Returning around him
- 9 Texas Tech players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (22 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas Tech · Last season: 12-2 (AP #4) · Talent rank #29 · 2026 recruiting class #18
Perception vs tape
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.
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Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sage Ryan’s 2023 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kamren Kinchens's junior season at Miami (2023).
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Background
CAREER HONORS PFF All-Big 12 Team (2025, Jr.) DCTF All-Texas College First Team (2025, Jr.) All-Big 12 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.) Shrine Bowl 1000 (2025, Jr.) Preseason Phil Steele All...