6′0″ · 190 lb · Lithonia, GA · Martin Luther King Jr.
D.J. Polite-Bray: DB · Texas Tech · #3.
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D.J. Polite-Bray
Erases the deep middle of the field. This is his third year in the same secondary at Texas Tech. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Eastern Washington — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Texas Tech | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Texas Tech | 30 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| 2014 | Texas Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-10vs Eastern Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 52-45vs Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 65-19@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-49@ No. 10 Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2017
W 56-10
3 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 46-point win at home against Eastern Washington.
3 seasons under Kliff Kingsbury — 15-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kliff Kingsbury
Pass share
54.6%
541 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
76.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
589 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas Tech, 37 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 20 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kliff Kingsbury.
