Tony Pollard is one of the most consistent running backs of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Pollard delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

Streaks4 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2022–25

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Tony Pollard

1× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time RBsIron Man📈 Late Developer · 2024 Team Carrier · #71

Height6'0"

Weight209 lb

BornApr 30, 1997

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced Rushing (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2019	22	DAL	15	—	86	455	2	5.3	2.3	21	24.4	1	20	15	107	1	75.0%	7.1	5.3	—	4	199	18.7%	—	0.0%	115	28.3%	146	1.7	309	3.6	10	8.6	21
2020	23	DAL	16	—	101	435	4	4.3	4.0	23	22.8	0	40	28	193	1	70.0%	6.9	4.8	—	9	363	32.9%	—	0.0%	126	28.1%	186	1.8	249	2.5	8	12.6	23
2021	24	DAL	15	—	130	719	2	5.5	1.5	35	26.9	0	46	39	337	0	84.8%	8.6	7.3	—	15	374	34.8%	—	0.0%	100	23.1%	398	3.1	321	2.5	7	18.6	35
2022	25	DAL	16	—	193	1,007	9	5.2	4.7	46	23.8	0	55	39	371	3	70.9%	9.5	6.7	—	18	569	51.7%	—	0.0%	6	1.4%	504	2.6	503	2.6	11	17.5	46
2023	26	DAL	17	—	252	1,005	6	4.0	2.4	56	22.2	1	67	55	311	0	82.1%	5.7	4.6	—	12	836	70.6%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%	495	2.0	510	2.0	19	13.3	56
2024	27	TEN	16	—	260	1,079	5	4.2	1.9	53	20.4	2	57	41	238	0	71.9%	5.8	4.2	—	9	701	67.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	521	2.0	558	2.1	22	11.8	53
2025	28	TEN	17	—	242	1,082	5	4.5	2.1	48	19.8	2	41	33	206	0	80.5%	6.2	5.0	—	11	657	62.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	640	2.6	442	1.8	16	15.1	48
2026	29	TEN	5	—	68	273	1	4.0	1.5	13	19.1	0	12	8	24	0	66.7%	3.0	2.0	—	1	151	52.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	117	—	1,332	6,055	34	4.5	2.6	295	22.1	6	338	258	1,787	5	76.3%	6.9	5.3	—	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,890	—	2,892	—	93	—	282

Career Value · VORP

120 career value over replacement — #899 all-time of 4,695. 17.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.30

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #128 (Rd 4) · DAL · 2019 · +39.4 vs expected KV-H

70actual

30.6 expected · Δ+39.4

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Career arc · VAL by season

8 seasons · peak 9.7 in 2022

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

1.3 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2022 · +0.7 wins

Rushing+0.6
Receiving+0.2

Latest season · 2026 · −0.1 wins

Receiving−0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · RB

#126 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H

090th percentile100

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