2017 Football Roster
Roster
C.J. Pollard
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Carson, CA
- High School:
- Serra
CAREER: He has 16 tackles, including 2.5 for losses (with 0.5 sack), and a deflection in his career. He has appeared in 15 games in his career, with 1 start.
2019: Pollard will look to be a key contributor at safety as a junior in 2019. He had surgery on his foot prior to 2019 spring practice and missed spring drills.
2018: Pollard saw playing time in 11 games (all but Notre Dame, which he sat out) at safety and on special teams as a sophomore in 2018. He started at strong safety at Texas. Overall in 2018, he had 12 tackles, including 1.5 for losses of 6 yards (with 0.5 sack for minus 5 yards), and a deflection. He had a tackle and deflection against UNLV, 2 tackles (1 for a loss) at Stanford, 4 tackles at Texas, then 1 tackle against Colorado, Utah, Arizona State, Oregon State (with 0.5 sack) and UCLA.
2017: Pollard saw action in 4 games (Western Michigan, California, Oregon State, Arizona State) as a backup safety as a redshirt freshman in 2017. Overall in 2017, he had 4 tackles, including 1 for a loss of 10 yards. He had a tackle for a loss against California and 1 tackle against Western Michigan, Oregon State and Arizona State.
2016: Pollard, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2016 after graduating a semester early from high school, redshirted as a first-year freshman safety in 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2015 Prep Star All-American, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, USA Today All-California second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-CIF Pac 5 Division, South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay first team and All-Mission League first teamas a senior defensive back and wide receiver at Serra High in Gardena (Calif.). He had 62 tackles, including 2 for losses, and 5 deflections in 2015.
As a junior in 2014, he made 58 tackles (2 for losses) and 3 deflections.
He had 20 tackles as a 2013 sophomore. Current Trojan John Houston Jr., Max Williams and John Jackson IIIalso prepped at Serra.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC. His real first name is Christopher. His father, Marvin, was a cornerback at USC (1988-91) and his mother, Pam, is a USC graduate.
