Bernard Pollard is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Pollard in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Pollard's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | ||||||
| 2006 | 21–22 | KC | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 22–23 | KC | 16 | — | 2.1 | 77 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 23–24 | KC | 16 | — | 0.0 | 82 | 62 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 24–25 | HOU | 13 | — | 5.0 | 85 | 66 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 25–26 | HOU | 15 | — | 0.1 | 94 | 64 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 26–27 | BAL | 16 | — | 2.5 | 61 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 27–28 | BAL | 13 | — | 1.9 | 94 | 67 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 28–29 | TEN | 16 | — | 3.5 | 99 | 77 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,054 | 98.9% | 94 | 19.4% |
| 2014 | 29–30 | TEN | 5 | — | 0.1 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 345 | 95.0% | 30 | 20.2% |
| Career | — | 113 | — | 15.2 | 620 | 461 | 159 | 21 | 18 | 10.5 | 49.5 | 12 | 49 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
74 career value over replacement — #1569 all-time of 4,695. 9.3/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #54 (Rd 2) · KC · 2006 · +13.4 vs expected KV-H
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