Tony Pollard Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Tony Pollard
RB
, Tennessee Titans

Age: 27
Weight: 209 lbs
Height: 6' 0"

ADP: 87
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
168	1005	6	55	311

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

The conventional wisdom was that Tyjae Spears would take over the starting job with Derrick Henry moving on, but the Titans moved quickly in free agency to lock up Tony Pollard, who had a disappointing fantasy season in 2023. He was drafted RB6 but finished RB18 coming off a broken leg in January of 2023. There is reason to believe that Pollard’s explosiveness could return in his second full season after the injury. Entering the 2023 season, he was one of the most efficient and exciting backs in the game, but the fantasy community soured on him quickly as he failed to provide first-round production. He averaged 5.3 YPC on 323 combined carries in 2021 and 2022, leading the league in yards after contact per attempt in 2022. Spears isn’t going anywhere, so the two backs will likely form a 1-2 punch for the Titans in 2024.

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Callahan: RBs Tony Pollard, Tyjae Spears both starters

Pro Football Talk

Jul 23 · 7:31 PM EDT

While they moved quickly to sign Tony Pollard in March, they don’t project the former Cowboy will play a similar role to the one that Travis Henry filled in Tennessee. Last year’s third-round pick Tyjae Spears is also on hand and head coach Brian Callahan made it clear on Tuesday that he expects both players to see plenty of time in the offense this season.

“The fun part for me is: How are we going to deploy those guys?,” Callahan said, via the team’s website. “Maybe they both play at the same time, maybe one gets hot and you let him run, maybe we just rotate back and forth. I don’t know what that’s going to look like yet. But they are both going to play quite a bit of football for us, and I don’t view either one of them as a starter or a back-up. They are both starting players to me.”

Fantasy Impact:

Not exactly what fantasy owners want to hear. The statement makes a lot of sense and probably shouldn't come as a surprise. However, many consider Pollard and Spears to be of the same mold. As you would expect, the expectation of both players seeing lots of time puts a hit on their rankings. We have Pollard ranked 32nd and Spears 34th, with Pollard's ADP in the 8th round and Spears' the 9th round. Hopefully we get a better feel by the time fantasy drafts come around, but it looks like both players could be Zero RB targets for those using that approach.

Scouting report

by Neil Dutton

· Dec 27, 2023 · 12:38 PM EST

DAL RB Tony Pollard - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 vs. Detroit Lions

It was another frustrating fantasy outing for Tony Pollard in Week 16. Pollard managed just 38 yards on 12 attempts and caught a single pass for five yards as Pollard posted 4.8 Half-PPR points, good for RB46 in Fantasy Semi-Final week. Pollard has gone three games since his last touchdown (though how he failed to score on one goal-line play against the Dolphins defied science) and hasn't cracked 100 yards from scrimmage in four straight games.

Pollard is a mid-tier RB2 option in Week 17, with the Detroit Lions ranking 11th in aFPA to running backs coupled with his inefficiency making him a player unlikely to bring home the bacon all by himself.

2024 Strength of Schedule - TEN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
6 @CHI	28 NYJ	21 GB	3 @MIA	BYE	31 IND	12 @BUF	14 @DET	9 NE	17 @LAC	5 MIN	7 @HOU	32 @WAS	11 JAX	15 CIN	31 @IND	11 @JAX	7 HOU

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	0.5 PPR	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@NYG	14	70	2	0	5.00	2	12	0	3	6.00	20.2	21.20	22.2	37/58	63.8%
2	NYJ	25	72	0	0	2.88	7	37	0	8	5.29	12.9	16.40	19.9	56/87	64.4%
3	@ARI	23	122	0	0	5.30	3	-1	0	3	-0.33	12.1	13.60	15.1	70/81	86.4%
4	NE	11	47	0	0	4.27	3	13	0	3	4.33	6.0	7.50	9.0	37/70	52.9%
5	@SF	8	29	0	1	3.62	4	35	0	5	8.75	4.4	6.40	8.4	34/49	69.4%
6	@LAC	15	30	0	0	2.00	6	80	0	7	13.33	11.0	14.00	17.0	51/64	79.7%
7	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	LAR	12	53	0	0	4.42	1	2	0	1	2.00	5.5	6.00	6.5	42/65	64.6%
9	@PHI	12	51	0	0	4.25	3	12	0	5	4.00	6.3	7.80	9.3	58/75	77.3%
10	NYG	15	55	0	0	3.67	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.5	5.50	5.5	54/78	69.2%
11	@CAR	12	61	1	0	5.08	4	19	0	5	4.75	14.0	16.00	18.0	45/72	62.5%
12	WAS	13	79	1	0	6.08	6	24	0	6	4.00	16.3	19.30	22.3	41/54	75.9%
13	SEA	20	68	1	0	3.40	3	15	0	4	5.00	14.3	15.80	17.3	69/89	77.5%
14	PHI	16	59	0	0	3.69	7	37	0	8	5.29	9.6	13.10	16.6	59/82	72.0%
15	@BUF	11	52	0	0	4.73	2	5	0	3	2.50	5.7	6.70	7.7	41/57	71.9%
16	@MIA	12	38	0	0	3.17	1	5	0	1	5.00	4.3	4.80	5.3	46/66	69.7%
17	DET	16	49	0	0	3.06	1	0	0	3	0.00	4.9	5.40	5.9	55/65	84.6%
18	@WAS	17	70	1	0	4.12	2	16	0	2	8.00	14.6	15.60	16.6	41/72	56.9%
Per game			14.82	59.12	0.35	0.06	3.99	3.24	18.29	0	3.94	5.65	9.86	11.48	13.09	49.18/69.65	70.52%
Totals			252	1005	6	1	3.99	55	311	0	67	5.65	167.6	195.1	222.6	836/1184	70.52%

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