Tony Pollard Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Tony Pollard
RB
, Dallas Cowboys

Age: 24
Weight: 210 lbs
Height: 6' 0"

ADP: 118
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
93	435	4	28	192

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by John Paulsen

Pollard started to see a consistent role in Week 4 and from that point–and excluding Week 15, which Ezekiel Elliott missed–Pollard averaged 8.6 touches for 38 yards and 0.25 touchdowns. The resulting 6.1 PPG (half-PPR) equate to RB4-type numbers and that’s where he’s being drafted. He doesn’t offer much startability on a weekly basis as long as Elliott is healthy, but he has RB1 upside if anything were to happen to Zeke.

Latest news

Dec 25, 2020 · 7:29 PM EST

Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott (calf, questionable) took limited practice reps all week and is questionable for Week 16. Elliott didn't practice at all last week so three limited practices should equate to availability on Sunday. His workload is uncertain given Tony Pollard's recent production.

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by Jeff Hicks

· Jul 18 · 10:46 AM EDT

DAL RB Tony Pollard - 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

2020 Week 15 showed Tony Pollard’s upside - 18 touches, 132 total yards, and one rushing score while playing 89.7% of snaps. Despite never out-snapping an active Ezekiel Elliott, Pollard finished within five fantasy points of Zeke in half-point PPR six times and outscored him once. It is also encouraging to see Pollard receive at least one target in 15 of 16 games and multiple in 11 of 16. The former Memphis Tiger outscored Elliot in points per snap in standard PPR formats.

After starting Week 15, Pollard played nearly 50% of snaps the final two weeks alongside Elliot. He is one of the few backup running backs in the NFL that does not change the offensive game plan based on talent and skills.

Fantasy Downside

Pollard’s value will not peak unless Elliott is hurt or not a Cowboy. That is difficult to see with Zeke’s contract being one of the worst in the NFL. Depending on an injury is a fools’ errand. Pollard also has the same schedule as Elliott which consists of four games against top-five defenses according to 4for4’s Schedule-Adjusted Fantasy Points Allowed. The Cowboys also have one more against a top 10 unit. Pollard will see seven defensive units that were top 10 against opposing running backs.

2021 Bottom Line

Pollard is an elite backup running back with RB1 upside if Elliott were to miss any games. That said, he is nothing more than a handcuff that will not see increased snaps without a slew of injuries or skill deterioration from Elliott.

2021 Strength of Schedule - DAL

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
1 @TB	17 @LAC	9 PHI	15 CAR	18 NYG	21 @NE	BYE	23 @MIN	22 DEN	3 ATL	24 @KC	30 LV	2 @NO	7 @WAS	18 @NYG	7 WAS	19 ARI

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	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@LAR	2	10	0	0	5.00	2	22	0	3	11.00	3.2	5.2	10/72	13.9%
2	ATL	2	6	0	0	3.00	1	3	0	1	3.00	0.9	1.9	8/82	9.8%
3	@SEA	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	-5	0	1	-5.00	-0.5	0.5	6/82	7.3%
4	CLE	3	16	1	0	5.33	1	16	0	2	16.00	9.2	10.2	22/82	26.8%
5	NYG	6	30	0	0	5.00	2	2	0	3	1.00	3.2	5.2	15/66	22.7%
6	ARI	10	31	0	0	3.10	2	9	0	4	4.50	4.0	6.0	32/89	36.0%
7	@WAS	8	16	0	0	2.00	1	6	0	1	6.00	2.2	3.2	19/56	33.9%
8	@PHI	7	40	0	0	5.71	2	24	0	2	12.00	6.4	8.4	17/79	21.5%
9	PIT	9	57	0	0	6.33	1	1	0	2	1.00	5.8	6.8	23/72	31.9%
10	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	@MIN	5	60	1	0	12.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.0	12.0	21/66	31.8%
12	WAS	4	12	0	0	3.00	2	10	0	2	5.00	2.2	4.2	21/59	35.6%
13	@BAL	8	22	0	0	2.75	1	6	0	1	6.00	2.8	3.8	31/79	39.2%
14	@CIN	11	39	0	0	3.55	2	9	1	2	4.50	10.8	12.8	19/51	37.3%
15	SF	12	69	2	0	5.75	6	63	0	9	10.50	25.2	31.2	52/58	89.7%
16	PHI	9	12	0	0	1.33	1	8	0	2	8.00	2.0	3.0	33/70	47.1%
17	@NYG	5	15	0	0	3.00	3	18	0	5	6.00	3.3	6.3	34/82	41.5%
Per game		6.31	27.19	0.25	0	4.31	1.75	12.00	0.06	2.50	6.86	5.79	7.54	22.69/71.56	32.88%
Totals		101	435	4	0	4.31	28	192	1	40	6.86	92.7	120.7	363/1145	32.88%