Darryl Pollard

Darryl Pollard
Date of birth	May 11, 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Ellsworth, Maine
Career information
Position(s)	CB
US college	Weber State University
Career history
As player
1987–1992	San Francisco 49ers
1992–1993	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1995	San Jose SaberCats
Career stats
	Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Darryl Pollard (born May 11, 1964 in Ellsworth, Maine) is a former professional American football player who played cornerback for seven seasons in the National Football League.

Ellsworth Started his career at Weber State University(1983–1985), playing for three years.^{[citation needed]} He Led the Wildcats with four interceptions as a senior earning all-conference honors and was rated as the 24th defensive cornerback in the NCAA to be drafted in the NFL 1986 draft.^{[citation needed]} He came to Weber State as a running back but was moved to cornerback prior to his sophomore season^{[citation needed]}..Played wide receiver and return specialist at William Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado^{[citation needed]}..Included among his hobbies are golf, basketball, reading and spending time with family and friends^{[citation needed]}..His listed highlights^{[according to whom?]} are two Super Bowl Championships, 1988, 1989 and playing on undefeated High School Colorado State Championship team in 1981.^{[citation needed]}

Pro Career

Timeline: Pollard was originally signed bySeahawks (5/3/86) as a free agent but was waived on (8/19/86). He was signed during the next offseason by San Francisco 49ers on (4/10/87), released on (8/31/87) and then re-signed on (9/24/87) for the replacement games. After being waived on (10/24/87) he was re-signed (8/3/88), released (8/23/88), re-signed (8/25/88) and released (8/27/88). He was finally signed again on (9/15/88) and was with the San Francisco 49ers organization for five years before being placed on waivers on (8/31/92). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers claimed Pollard off wavers on (9/1/92).^{[citation needed]}

1987 Started left corner in the three replacement games with 12 tackles and four pass defections.^{[citation needed]}

1988 Waived and re-signed twice before making San Francisco 49ers roster for good..Played in 14 games, part of the core special teams and playing in nickel and dime defense...23 tackles and four pass defections...Also played in all post season games... Made alert recovery of John Taylor's fumble of a punt return in Super Bowl XXIII (1/22/89) vs. Cincinnati.^{[citation needed]}

1989 Opened season as the San Francisco 49ers new starting left cornerback, earning his first NFL start at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9/17)... Went on to start 14 games and play in 16... Recorded career highs in tackles (79), solo tackles (75) and passes defensed (12)... Also led the team with 22 special team stops... Had four tackles and his first NFL interceptions vs. New England Patriots (10/22)... Established a career high with 11 solo tackles vs. New Orleans Saints (11/6)...Contributed seven tackles and three passes defensed in the NFC Divisional Playoff game vs. Minnesota (1/6/90)...Started in Super Bowl XXIV with one recorded sack against John Elway (1/28/90) win over Denver 55 - 10.^{[citation needed]}

1990 Started all 16 games for San Francisco 49ers at left cornerback and had 74 stops (72 Solo), nine passes defensed, one interception and one fumble recovery...Turned in a critical play at New Orleans(9/10) Monday Night halting a New Orleans Saints drive in the end zone with his second career interception...Also came up big vs. other divisional rival, Atlanta Falcons, making six tackles and recovering a fumble...Instrumental in 49ers key late-season victory over New York Giants (12/3), notching seven tackles and three passes defensed, including a crucial knockdown on a fourth-down goal-line play...Hurt giants again in the NFC Championship game (1/20/91) with six tackles and two passes defensed....Helped 49ers past Washington Redskins in previous round of playoffs with six tackles and an interception.^{[citation needed]}

1991 Spent entire season on injured reserved after breaking his left ankle in the first half of a preseason game at Seattle (8/23).^{[citation needed]}

1992 Played in all 16 games as a cornerback, nickel back and special teamer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....Started against the Detroit Lions(9/27)and the Indianapolis Colts (10/4) when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened in extra defensive back sets...Added a career-high two interceptions to 26 tackles (21 solos)...Snagged third career interception and pitched in with six tackles against the Minnesota Vikings (9/20)...Followed with fourth interception of career against Chicago Bears (10/18), returning it 75 yards to set up a Buccaneer touchdown....Interception return at Chicago was the longest by a Buccaneer in 11 years, the third-longest in team history and the longest by a Buccaneer that did not score a touchdown... Contributed four special teams tackles.^{[citation needed]}

1993 Spent entire season on injured reserved after being diagnosed with herniated disk in his neck after preseason game against Denver Broncos (8/7)...Career ending injury... retired 1994.^{[citation needed]}

1995 Darryl joined the Arena Football League signing a one-year contract with the San Jose Sabercats as a Defensive back and Wide receiver. Darryl is the District Production Sales Manager in Northern California for Océ North America, Inc. and resides in San Francisco, California.^{[citation needed]}

2009 Darryl and other former 49er teammates (Guy McIntyre, Ray Wershing and Steve Bono) participate in a 49ers VISA Signature Day Football Fantasy Camp. He and other teammates allowed several lucky individuals to participate in football drills on the teams practice field in Santa Clara, Ca.^{[citation needed]}

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v t e San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XXIII champions
4 Max Runager 6 Mike Cofer 8 Steve Young 9 Barry Helton 15 John Paye 16 Joe Montana 20 Tory Nixon 21 Eric Wright 22 Tim McKyer 24 Harry Sydney 25 Doug DuBose 26 Darryl Pollard 29 Don Griffin 31 Chet Brooks 32 Terrence Flagler 33 Roger Craig 35 Del Rodgers 38 Greg Cox 42 Ronnie Lott 44 Tom Rathman 46 Tom Holmoe 49 Jeff Fuller 50 Riki Ellison 51 Randy Cross 53 Bill Romanowski 54 Ron Hadley 55 Jim Fahnhorst 57 Sam Kennedy 58 Keena Turner 60 Chuck Thomas 61 Jesse Sapolu 62 Guy McIntyre 65 Jeff Bregel 67 Pete Kugler 69 Bruce Collie 72 Jeff Stover 74 Steve Wallace 75 Kevin Fagan 76 Dwaine Board 77 Bubba Paris 78 Pierce Holt 79 Harris Barton 80 Jerry Rice (MVP) 82 John Taylor 83 Terry Greer 84 Brent Jones 85 Mike Wilson 86 John Frank 88 Calvin Nicholas 89 Ron Heller 91 Larry Roberts 92 Kevin Lilly 94 Charles Haley 95 Michael Carter 96 Danny Stubbs 97 Doug Mikolas 99 Michael Walter
Head coach: Bill Walsh
Coaches: Dennis Green Tommy Hart Mike Holmgren Sherman Lewis Bobb McKittrick Bill McPherson Ray Rhodes George Seifert Lynn Stiles Fred von Appen

v t e San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XXIV champions
6 Mike Cofer 8 Steve Young 9 Barry Helton 13 Steve Bono 16 Joe Montana (MVP) 21 Eric Wright 22 Tim McKyer 23 Spencer Tillman 24 Harry Sydney 26 Darryl Pollard 27 Mike Richardson 30 Keith Henderson 31 Chet Brooks 32 Terrence Flagler 33 Roger Craig 40 Johnnie Jackson 42 Ronnie Lott 44 Tom Rathman 46 Tom Holmoe 49 Jeff Fuller 50 Riki Ellison 53 Bill Romanowski 54 Matt Millen 55 Jim Fahnhorst 56 Steve Hendrickson 58 Keena Turner 59 Keith DeLong 60 Chuck Thomas 61 Jesse Sapolu 62 Guy McIntyre 63 Jim Burt 64 Rollin Putzier 65 Jeff Bregel 66 Terry Tausch 67 Pete Kugler 69 Bruce Collie 74 Steve Wallace 75 Kevin Fagan 77 Bubba Paris 78 Pierce Holt 79 Harris Barton 80 Jerry Rice 81 Jamie Williams 82 John Taylor 83 Terry Greer 84 Brent Jones 85 Mike Wilson 86 Mike Barber 88 Mike Sherrard 89 Wesley Walls 91 Larry Roberts 92 Kevin Lilly 94 Charles Haley 95 Michael Carter 96 Danny Stubbs 98 Antonio Goss 99 Michael Walter
Head coach: George Seifert
Coaches: Tommy Hart Mike Holmgren Al Lavan Sherman Lewis Bobb McKittrick Bill McPherson Ray Rhodes Lynn Stiles Bob Zeman