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Marcus
Pollard PRO HISTORY Signed as FA on October 10, 1995 - originally signed by Colts as FA on January 24, 1995 - waived on August 22, 1995 - signed to practice squad on August 28, 1995. 2002: Started 15 games, while missing contest 9/15 vs. Miami with chest injury - injury snapped streak of 103 consecutive games played, the longest streak on team - has started 45 of past 48 games at TE - was 43-478, 6 TDs receiving, with receptions in 15 contests - has receptions in 36 consecutive games, the 10th-longest streak in Colts history, the longest streak by any Colts TE - has receptions in 80 career games (11th-most in Colts history), with multiple receptions in 54 outings - has receptions in 68 of 79 games since 1998 arrival of QB-Peyton Manning, including multiple receptions in 51 games - had multiple receptions in 10 outings, including 7-42 vs. Tennessee 11/3 and five snares vs. Baltimore 10/13, vs. NYG 12/22 and vs. Jacksonville 12/29 - had scoring receptions vs. Cincinnati 10/6 (3t), vs. Baltimore (11t), at Pittsburgh 10/21 (41t), vs. Houston 12/1 (16t), at Tennessee 12/8 (16t) and vs. Jacksonville (11t)&ldots;three-game TD streak (Cincinnati/Baltimore/Pittsburgh) was 1st career three-game streak - has scoring receptions in 25 career games, the 8th-most by any Colt and 3rd-most among club TEs (34, Jim Mutscheller; 33, John Mackey)&ldots;is 194-2,541, 26 TDs for career - has 25 TD receptions from Manning, the 2nd-most TD hook-ups from Manning to one receiver (58, WR-Marvin Harrison) and the 7th-highest total by any tandem in club history - has 22.9-yard avg. over 17 TD receptions from 2000-02 (17-390) - among Colts TEs, ranks 4th in receptions (320, Mackey; 261, Ken Dilger; 220, Mutscheller), 4th in yards (5,127, Mackey; 3,684, Mutscheller; 3,181, Dilger) and 3rd in touchdown receptions (40, Mutscheller; 38, Mackey) - needs six receptions to become 20th Colt with 200+ career receptions. POST-SEASON: Started at TE 1/4/03 at NYJ - was 1-16 receiving. CAREER NOTES 2001: Started 16 games for first time of career - was 47-739, 8 TDs receiving to produce top season of career - surpassed prior seasonal-bests in receptions (34, 1999), yards (439, 200) and touchdowns (4, 1998-99) - 15.7 average was career seasonal-best and ranked 1st among all NFL TEs with 40+ receptions - was 3-31, 1 TD (5t) vs. NYJ 9/9 and 1-8 vs. Buffalo 9/23 - was 4-63, 1 TD (17t) at NE 9/20 - was 5-53 vs. Oakland 10/14, 3-61 vs. New England 10/21, 1-6, 1 TD at Kansas City 10/25, 4-40, 1 TD (15t) at Buffalo 11/4 and 3-29 vs. Miami 11/11 - was 3-126, 1 TD at New Orleans 11/18, including career-long 86t snare, the 5th-longest TD pass play in club history and the 2nd-longest ever by a Colts TE (89t, John Mackey at Rams 10/30/66)&ldots;was 4-80, 1 TD (40t) at Baltimore 12/2, 5-101, 1 TD (1t) vs. Atlanta 12/16 and 3-50, 1 TD (28t) vs. NYJ 12/23 - produced some of best seasonal totals in club history by a TE (Receptions: 55, Mackey, 1967; 50, Mackey, 1966; 47, Ken Dilger, 2000; Yards: 829, Mackey, 1966; 814, Mackey, 1965; Touchdowns: 9, Mackey, 1966; 8, Jim Mutscheller, 1957 and 1959) - had 2 100+ games, one shy of the club seasonal record held by Mutscheller (3, 1956), while tying Mackey (2, 1966, 68) and Raymond Chester (2, 1977) for 2nd-best seasonal total in club history. 2000: Started 14 games at H-B - totaled 30-439, 3 TDs receiving - added one special teams tackle - tallied season-high 5-74, 1 TD at Miami 12/17, including 50t reception - was 2-17, 1 TD vs. Oakland 9/10 - posted 2-19 vs. Jacksonville 9/25 and 3-25 at Buffalo 10/1 - tallied 3-74, 1 TD with 31t reception vs. Detroit 10/29 - recorded 3-42 and added two-point conversion at Chicago 11/5 - was 3-65 vs. NYJ 11/12 and 2-30 vs. Miami 11/26. POST-SEASON: Started at H-B at Miami 12/30 and was 1-13 receiving - added two special teams tackles. 1999: Started 10 games at H-B - totaled 34-374, 4 TDs receiving - added 11 special teams tackles, seven solo&ldots;was 4-44 at New England 9/19 - recorded 4-64 with career-high two TDs 10/10 vs. Miami - had three special teams tackles 10/24 vs. Cincinnati - was 2-30 vs. Kansas City 11/7 - recorded 2-12, 1 TD and one solo special teams tackle 11/28 vs. NYJ - posted 3-32, 1 TD 12/12 vs. New England - was 3-50 vs. Washington 12/19. POST-SEASON: Started at H-B vs. Tennessee 1/16 and totaled 1-10. 1998: Started games 2-4 and 9-16 as H-B - was 24-309, 4 TDs receiving - had 10 special teams tackles - was 6-53 receiving 9/13 at New England for career-best receptions outing - was 3-53 with 32-yard grab 9/6 vs. Miami - was 5-40 with 15t vs. New England 11/1 - posted 2-65 with 44t vs. Carolina 12/27 - had 14t grab with 0:24 remaining for 24-23 win 11/15 vs. NYJ - had 1t reception 12/20 at Seattle. 1997: Had 13 special teams tackles, nine solo - earned starts in two-TE alignment in games 1-3 and 10/26 at San Diego - earned start in place of injured Dilger 10/5 vs. NYJ and 10/12 at Pittsburgh - posted 10-116 receiving - was 3-55 at Pittsburgh - was 3-31 vs. NYJ. 1996: Earned starts 11/3 vs. San Diego, 11/10 at Miami, 11/17 vs. NYJ and 12/5 vs. Philadelphia when club opened in 2-TE alignment - had 13 special teams tackles, 11 solo - was 6-86, 1 TD receiving - had 48t from QB-Jim Harbaugh for first career reception 9/15 at Dallas - earned first career start 11/3 vs. San Diego - was 2-19 receiving vs. Buffalo 12/1. POST-SEASON: Had one solo special teams tackle 12/29 at Pittsburgh. 1995: Was inactive for games 8-10 - saw action in games 6-7 and 11-16 - saw primary action on special teams, totaling six tackles, four solo. POST-SEASON: Saw reserve action at Kansas City 1/7/96 and at Pittsburgh 1/14/96 - totaled one assisted special teams tackle at Pittsburgh. COLLEGE Did not play college football - two-year starter at power forward in basketball - career totals included 58 games, 49 starts, 424 points (7.3 avg.) and 289 rebounds (5.0 avg.) - saw action in 31 games with 27 starts as senior - totaled 211 points (6.8 avg.) and 147 rebounds (4.7 avg.) - saw action in 27 games with 22 starts as junior - posted 213 points (7.9 avg.) and 142 rebounds (5.3 avg.) - transferred to Bradley after starting two years at Seward County Community College (Liberal, Kan.) - averaged 15 ppg. and 9.5 rpg. as sophomore - criminal justice major. PERSONAL Full name is Marcus LaJuan Pollard - born in Valley, Ala - .attended Valley High School - participated in the third-annual Reggie Bowl to benefit the Reggie Miller Foundation - instructor for Colts 101 and 201, an annual women's football clinic - Pollard and his wife, Amani, reside with their son, Myles Ashton (2/3/02), in Indianapolis, In TRUST 81 – The Marcus Pollard Fund:
Mission: TRUST 81 was
created by Marcus Pollard and his wife, Amani, to make a difference
in the lives of children. The goal of TRUST 81 is to be a
motivational force in the lives of children by instilling them with
high ethical standards, promoting high self-esteem and helping to
direct children on the path to success.
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