Temple University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster
Dontae Pollard
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Pen Hills
2025 (Redshirt Senior, Temple):Â Transferred in for the 2025 season ...provides depth at safety ... made his Temple debut during week 1 win at UMass and recorded 2 tackles ... made his first Temple start at #18 Georgia Tech.
2024 (Redshirt Junior, Samford): Started 11 games at safety for Samford and recorded a career-high 40 tackles, 27 solos, including 7.5 TFLs and 3.5 sacks ... saved his best for last with a season-high eight tackles, 3.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks in the season finale vs. Western Carolina.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore, Samford): Started all 10 games he played at safety ... collected 22 total tackles and 16 solo stops … finished the season with four pass break ups … registered first career interception against Furman … had a season-high eight tackles at Western Carolina.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman, Akron): Played in 12 games for Akron ... made three tackles .... recorded first career tackle at Ohio.
2021 (Freshman, Akron): Did not appear in any games ... redshirted.
High School: Prepped at Pen Hills High in Pittsburgh, Pa. … named first-time all-conference twice… helped guide his squad to a 34-6 overall record his final three prep campaigns, including capturing a Pennsylvania 5A state title as a sophomore in 2018.
Personal Born Dontae Pollard ... earned his undergraduate degree at Samford.
