David Pollack, 2018
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Defensive end, Georgia, 2001–⁠04

David Pollack

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David Pollack played defensive end at Georgia (2001–⁠04). He won the 2003 and 2004 Ted Hendricks Awards, the 2004 Chuck Bednarik Award and the 2004 Lombardi Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2002 and 2004. The Cincinnati Bengals took Pollack in the first round, No. 17 overall in the 2005 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020.

At a glance

Best season
2004
Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and 5 more
Drafted
No. 17
Overall, 2005 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Honors

All-America: consensus 2002 and 2004; AFCA 2003; AP second team 2003; Walter Camp second team 2003

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2004Georgia1140

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

Game by game

2004 Georgia 1 game, 1 return, 14 yards
DateOpponentResultPRYds
Nov 13atAuburnL 6–⁠24114

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2005
Height6′2″
Weight265 lb
40-yard dash4.75 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press25 reps
3-cone drill6.87 s
20-yard shuttle3.94 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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