Dru Polidore is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at California.
Polidore plays like an extra linebacker near the line. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Louisville — Week 11, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 62 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Career | 62 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 27-14vs Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-34@ San Diego State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24@ Boston College | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-45vs Duke | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-18vs North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Virginia Tech | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs No. 15 Virginia | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ No. 14 Louisville | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Stanford | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-35vs No. 25 SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 31-35@ Hawai'i | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Week 11 · 2025
W 29-26
at Louisville
10 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 6 solo tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
62tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL62 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
57.0%
502 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
62 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #33 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
