Tommy Polley

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Tommy Polley
No. 52, 50
Position:
Dunbar (Baltimore)
College:Florida State
NFL draft:2001 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • BCS national champion (1999
    )
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:392
Pass deflections:26
Sacks:6.0
Forced fumbles:4
Interceptions:4
Player stats at NFL.com

Tommy William Polley (born January 18, 1978) is an American former professional

Dunbar High School
. He was a Top 50 Basketball prospect according to Hoop Scoop.

Early years

Polley was hailed as one of the top prep athletes in the nation during his senior year at

Dunbar High School in Baltimore,[citation needed] which is regarded as one of the top producers of basketball talent in the country.[citation needed] He was USA Today’s Player-of-the-Year in Maryland after recording 208 tackles (136 solo), 16 sacks and eight interceptions as a senior. He also caught 34 passes for 567 yards and three TDs. He led his team to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior and was named Baltimore area Defensive Player-of-the-Year after both his junior and senior campaigns. He was also regarded as one of the country’s top 60 basketball prospects,[citation needed
] and led the Poets to four straight state titles—averaged 20.4 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 8.1 assists per game as a senior.

College career

Polley enrolled at Florida State University as a scholarship player. He ended his collegiate career with 289 tackles (170 solo) and was a semi-finalist for the

National Championship (2001 Orange Bowl), even though his team ultimately lost 13-2 to the Oklahoma Sooners
. In his junior year in 1999, Polley had an outstanding season when he led Florida State with 109 tackles (67 solos) and also had six stops for loss. He earned First-team All-ACC accolades. In his Sophomore Year (1998) he started 12 of 13 games at both outside linebacking posts and had 59 total tackles (37 solo) and had two tackles for loss. 1997 was his freshman Year (and he totaled 21 tackles with 13 solo stops in the first year of action and played in all 12 games and had at least one tackle in eight games. In 1996, he Redshirted along with most of his class.

Professional career

Polley was selected by the

2001 NFL Draft.[1] He finished his rookie season with 67 tackles (50 solo). Polley went on to have a 6-year NFL career, amassing 304 tackles with 224 solo stops, and retired in 2007 after a shoulder injury sidelined him for most of the season. After 4 seasons with the Rams, he finished his career by spending one year with the Baltimore Ravens and his final year with the New Orleans Saints
.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD
2001 STL 16 11 85 68 17 0.0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2002 STL 12 11 61 46 15 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
2003 STL 14 14 70 58 12 0.0 6 4 32 0 22 12 1 1 0 0
2004 STL 15 13 79 66 13 2.0 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0
2005 BAL 16 15 97 73 24 4.0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
73 64 392 311 81 6.0 21 4 32 0 22 26 4 3 2 0

Playoffs

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD
2001 STL 3 3 30 22 8 0.0 0 2 35 1 34 4 0 0 0 0
2003 STL 1 1 7 7 0 0.0 1 1 37 0 37 1 0 0 0 0
2004 STL 2 2 18 14 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
6 6 55 43 12 0.0 1 3 72 1 37 7 0 1 0 0

Coaching career

Polley coaches for

St. Louis, Missouri
as the defensive coordinator.

References

  1. ^ "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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