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Brice Pollock

CB · Texas Tech · via State · 2027 NFL Draft class

Public Draft Board rank #75·10 contributing sources·Board as of August 31, 2026
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September edition · September 11, 20263 min readReport role: CB · Texas Tech

Master scouting report

Pollock projects as an outside starting candidate in a zone-oriented secondary. Route recognition, quarterback vision and proven ball production are his carrying traits. Choppy transitions and inconsistent hand placement make repeated isolated man coverage less dependable than his best movement suggests.

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01Experience and production

Pollock joined Texas Tech after two seasons at Mississippi State and started all 14 games for the Red Raiders in 2025. He recorded 48 tackles, five interceptions and eight pass breakups, plus a fumble recovery. He earned first-team All-Big 12 recognition. The combination matters more than any single total: Texas Tech trusted him throughout the season and received both coverage disruption and involvement away from the throw. His current roster listing is 6-foot and 195 pounds, an outside-corner frame without requiring a speculative position change to explain his value.

02Zone recognition

Pollock recognizes underneath development while keeping the quarterback in view. He positions himself to leave the initial landmark and attack the throw, giving him more playmaking value than simply following a receiver. That anticipation fits zone coverage best, with discipline required to retain the assignment when the expected throw does not come.

03Man coverage and transitions

Pollock has effective press and isolated-man snaps, but a choppy pedal and uneven hands interrupt control. Hip transitions and corrective quickness allow some recovery, while exceptional vertical speed is not a dependable fallback. His man role should be matchup-specific until the footwork and contact become more consistent.

04Contact technique

Pollock competes physically at the release and catch point. The contact is most useful when it preserves his positioning; inaccurate hands and uncontrolled engagement can leave him reaching as the receiver changes direction. Cleaner placement would let his competitive strength complement the coverage rather than create a recovery problem.

The case for the player

Strengths

  • Route recognition and established ball production give him a clear role in a zone-oriented secondary.

  • He brings starting experience and a competitive approach to multiple coverage assignments.

The questions that remain

Concerns

  • Inconsistent transitions make his man-coverage projection less dependable than his best movement suggests.

  • Hand placement and route contact need to preserve his balance and recovery options.

Building the fit

NFL role and scheme fit

Give Pollock an outside role with meaningful vision on the quarterback and a measured set of man assignments. The next step is establishing the limits of those assignments against different receiver types. Safety should remain an alternative to investigate, not an automatic conclusion based on one athletic concern. His existing strengths are useful at corner, and the evaluation should exhaust that fit before moving him away from it.

The Draftanomics view

Bottom line

Pollock has starting outside-corner value through anticipation and ball skills, supported by five interceptions and eight breakups in a full 2025 starting season. His clearest fit gives him vision on the quarterback with selected man assignments. Transition consistency and disciplined hands determine how much isolation he can handle. The existing corner strengths do not require an automatic position change.

Sources & edition

The Draftanomics assessment, synthesized from attributed reporting. Role and development language expresses scouting opinion.

Current Texas Tech identity and complete 2025 record are verified. The report preserves disagreement about man-coverage athleticism; it adds no timing, proprietary charting or new film-study claim.

New Draftanomics synthesis reviewed September 11, 2026. This edition adds coverage; it does not replace an earlier master report.

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Sources for overview
  1. House assessment

    Pollock projects as an outside starting candidate in a zone-oriented secondary. Route recognition, quarterback vision and proven ball production are his carrying traits. Choppy transitions and inconsistent hand placement make repeated isolated man coverage less dependable than his best movement suggests.

Sources for experience and production
  1. Reported fact

    Pollock joined Texas Tech after two seasons at Mississippi State and started all 14 games for the Red Raiders in 2025.

  2. Reported fact

    He recorded 48 tackles, five interceptions and eight pass breakups, plus a fumble recovery.

  3. Reported fact

    He earned first-team All-Big 12 recognition.

  4. House assessment

    The combination matters more than any single total: Texas Tech trusted him throughout the season and received both coverage disruption and involvement away from the throw.

  5. House assessment

    His current roster listing is 6-foot and 195 pounds, an outside-corner frame without requiring a speculative position change to explain his value.

Sources for zone recognition
  1. House assessment

    Pollock recognizes underneath development while keeping the quarterback in view. He positions himself to leave the initial landmark and attack the throw, giving him more playmaking value than simply following a receiver. That anticipation fits zone coverage best, with discipline required to retain the assignment when the expected throw does not come.

Sources for man coverage and transitions
  1. House assessment

    Pollock has effective press and isolated-man snaps, but a choppy pedal and uneven hands interrupt control. Hip transitions and corrective quickness allow some recovery, while exceptional vertical speed is not a dependable fallback. His man role should be matchup-specific until the footwork and contact become more consistent.

Sources for contact technique
  1. House assessment

    Pollock competes physically at the release and catch point. The contact is most useful when it preserves his positioning; inaccurate hands and uncontrolled engagement can leave him reaching as the receiver changes direction. Cleaner placement would let his competitive strength complement the coverage rather than create a recovery problem.

Sources for strengths
  1. House assessment

    Route recognition and established ball production give him a clear role in a zone-oriented secondary.

Sources for strengths
  1. House assessment

    He brings starting experience and a competitive approach to multiple coverage assignments.

Sources for concerns
  1. House assessment

    Inconsistent transitions make his man-coverage projection less dependable than his best movement suggests.

Sources for concerns
  1. House assessment

    Hand placement and route contact need to preserve his balance and recovery options.

Sources for nfl role and scheme fit
  1. House assessment

    Give Pollock an outside role with meaningful vision on the quarterback and a measured set of man assignments.

  2. House assessment

    The next step is establishing the limits of those assignments against different receiver types.

  3. House assessment

    Safety should remain an alternative to investigate, not an automatic conclusion based on one athletic concern.

  4. House assessment

    His existing strengths are useful at corner, and the evaluation should exhaust that fit before moving him away from it.

Sources for bottom line
  1. House assessment

    Pollock has starting outside-corner value through anticipation and ball skills, supported by five interceptions and eight breakups in a full 2025 starting season. His clearest fit gives him vision on the quarterback with selected man assignments. Transition consistency and disciplined hands determine how much isolation he can handle. The existing corner strengths do not require an automatic position change.

College record & draft context

College production, measurables, experience, and the prospect's place on the sealed Public Draft Board.

Public Draft Board

Public Draft Board rank
#75
Position rank
CB5
Contributing sources
10
Movement since prior snapshot
Down 20

Sealed snapshot as of August 31, 2026 · equal-weight aggregation of public boards, minimum 3 sources for a rank · The Public Draft Board

College production

Defense
StatisticSeason 2024Season 2025
Total tackles4847
Solo tackles2430
Tackles for loss14
Sacks00
Passes defended75
QB hurries01
Defensive TD00

Seasons of evidence: 2. Games played, snap counts, and usage shares are not in the retained data. An em dash means the value is not in the dataset, not zero.

Evidence notes

  • The retained data contains 2 seasons of defense production (2024–2025).
  • Defense tackles decreased in each observed season (48 → 47).
  • The newest college season in the retained data is 2025; the 2026 season is not yet included.
  • No verified athletic testing is included in the sealed dataset for this prospect.
  • 10 contributing public boards rank this prospect; the Public Draft Board places him at #75.
  • The aggregate public rank fell 20 spots between the two most recent sealed weekly snapshots.

Each note restates a displayed fact. None is a forecast of NFL performance.

Experience and measurements

Listed height
6'0"
Listed weight
195 lb
Class
Senior
Age
Not in dataset
Recorded school
Texas Tech
Former school
State
Hometown
Snellville, GA
Jersey
#14
Recruiting stars
3-star
Recruiting rank
#468 nationally

"Not in dataset" means the value is absent from the sealed dossier dataset, not that it does not exist.

Athletic testing

Not included in the sealed dataset. No combine, pro-day, or RAS value is retained for the 2027 class; absence here does not mean no testing has taken place.

Listed roster height and weight (CollegeFootballData); no verified athletic testing is retained. Bio captured August 29, 2026.

Historical comparisons

Historical profile comparisons are being rebuilt.

Sources and methodology

  • Retained bio and measurements: Draftanomics prospect ingest (CollegeFootballData rosters and recruiting), retained seed data/seed/prospects_upcoming_full.parquet.
  • Retained college production: CollegeFootballData season statistics via the retained player cross-reference; position-relevant categories only; all-zero category rows dropped.
  • Age: unavailable — no birth date or age is retained for the 2027 class.
  • Transfer history: not retained — the page shows the current school and, where the frozen id names a different school, the former school.
  • Public Draft Board: sealed snapshot as of August 31, 2026; per-source ranks are not published under the aggregate-only source policy.

Board methodologyDossier methodologyResearch status

Board position reflects aggregated public opinion; the scouting report is a separate editorial assessment.