2004 Football Roster
Roster
Julian Pollard
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield, CT
- High School:
- Bloomfield
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Three letters … Member of the 2003 Spring and Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Enrolled in January 2001 and participated in spring practice.
Senior Year (2004): One of 13 players to start all 12 games … Won SU’s Tim Green Outstanding Devensive Lineman Award … Plays on SU’s PAT/FG block unit … At Purdue, tallied two tackles … At Buffalo, recovered the second fumble of his career and had two tackles … Against Cincinnati, recorded two solo tackles … At Virginia and against Rutgers, had one tackle … Against Florida State and at West Virginia, registered two tackles … Against Connecticut, had two solo tackles, including his first career sack … Against Pittsburgh, posted four tackles, including two solo and his second career sack … At Temple, had five tackles … At Boston College, recorded three stops, including one solo and one for a loss of six yards … Posted one solo tackle against Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl.
Junior Year (2003): Played in 11-of-12 games, starting one against Louisville ... Recorded four tackles, including three solo stops and one tackle for a loss of one yard at North Carolina ... At UNC, with the Orangemen down, 34-24, UNC had a 3rd-and-eight at SU’s 10-yard line with less than five minutes to play in the third quarter ... Troy Swittenburg forced a fumble which Pollard recovered and returned 36 yards to the Syracuse 47 ... Versus Louisville, posted six tackles, including two solo stops ... Had one solo tackle against Central Florida ... Made two assisted stops versus Toledo ... Posted two assisted tackles and one pass breakup at Virginia Tech ... Recorded two solo stops against Boston College ... At Pittsburgh, made three tackles, including two solo stops ... Had one solo tackle versus Temple ... Did not play against West Virginia ... Had two solo tackles at Rutgers.
Sophomore Year (2002): Played in 11 games, starting two against BYU and Auburn ... Ranked sixth among defensive lineman with 10 tackles ... Had two tackles against BYU, including one for a loss of five yards ... Registered one tackle against North Carolina ... Made a career-best five tackles at Auburn ... Recorded one tackle against Rutgers and West Virginia.
Freshman Year (2001): Played in five games -- against Auburn, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Temple, Virginia Tech and Miami ... One of two true freshmen to play in 2001 ... Made his first collegiate tackle at Miami, for a loss of four yards.
High School: First-team all-state and all-conference selection as a senior ... Served as a team captain as a senior ... Team won the state championship in three of the years he competed ... Played for the same high school as former SU defensive end and current Indianapolis Colt Dwight Freeney ... Recruited by assistant coach Dennis Goldman.
Personal: Julian Pollard ... Born December 23, 1981 in Brockton, Mass. ... Son of Karen Pollard ... Two sisters ... Majoring in sociology.
Pollard's Career Statistics
Year
Tackles
Assists
Tot.
TFL
Sacks
FF
Fumble Rec.
2001
1
0
1
1.0-4
0.0
0
0-0 yds.
2002
6
4
10
1.0-5
0.0
0
0-0 yds.
2003
13
10
23
1.0-1
0.0
0
1-36 yds.
2004
12
15
27
4.0-20
2.0-12
0
1-0 yds.
Total
32
29
61
7.0-30
2.0-12
0
2-36 yds.
Pollard's Career Bests
| Tackles | Solo | 9 vs. Pittsburgh, 2004 |
| Assists | 9 vs. Temple, 2004 | |
| Total | 12 vs. Miami, 2003 | |
| Interceptions | 1 vs. North Carolina, Temple & WVU 2003 | |
| Yards | 16 vs. North Carolina, 2003 | |
| Pass Breakups | 1 vs. North Carolina, 2003; Purdue, Pittsburgh & Boston College, 2004 | |
| Fumble Recovery | 1 vs. Virginia Tech, 2003 | |
| Fumbles Forced | 1 vs. Miami, 2003 | |
| TFL/Yds | 2.0/4 vs. North Carolina, 2003 | |
| Sacks | 1 vs. WVU, 2002; Boston College & Miami, 2003 |
