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Per Next Gen Stats, Pollard's 87 explosive score ranked fifth among ball-carriers. His score topped the likes of Dalvin Cook (83), Josh Allen (84), Derrick Henry (85), Saquon Barkley (86) and Nick Chubb (87), respectively.
That's impressive company as it features three of maybe the top 5-7 running backs in the league. Only Travis Etienne and Kenneth Walker posted higher explosive scores at the position than the Cowboys star.
More noteworthy, though, is that 16.1% of Pollard's rush attempts last season went for 10 or more yards. That was the most of any running back. He also tallied 15 runs of 10-plus rush yards over expected and clocked 43 runs in which he reached 15-plus miles per hour.
Finally, Pollard forced 41 missed tackles and averaged a whopping 3.82 yards after contact per attempt. For context, Derrick Henry averaged 3.61 yards after contact per attempt, while Nick Chubb averaged 3.48, Saquon Barkley posted 2.78 and rushing champ Josh Jacobs averaged 3.4 yards YAC per attempt.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/tony-pollard-next-gen-stats-cowboys-urgency-rb
That's impressive company as it features three of maybe the top 5-7 running backs in the league. Only Travis Etienne and Kenneth Walker posted higher explosive scores at the position than the Cowboys star.
More noteworthy, though, is that 16.1% of Pollard's rush attempts last season went for 10 or more yards. That was the most of any running back. He also tallied 15 runs of 10-plus rush yards over expected and clocked 43 runs in which he reached 15-plus miles per hour.
Finally, Pollard forced 41 missed tackles and averaged a whopping 3.82 yards after contact per attempt. For context, Derrick Henry averaged 3.61 yards after contact per attempt, while Nick Chubb averaged 3.48, Saquon Barkley posted 2.78 and rushing champ Josh Jacobs averaged 3.4 yards YAC per attempt.
https://thelandryhat.com/posts/tony-pollard-next-gen-stats-cowboys-urgency-rb
