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30 Josh Pollack

  • Position Kicker/Punter
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 184
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Highland Park, Ill.
  • High School Highland Park HS

Biography

2017: Used in a variety of roles throughout the season, including on place kicks, punting and kickoffs … Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Was the team’s primary place-kicker, totaling 98 points, including 65-of-67 extra point tries and 11-of-15 field goal tries … Went 9-of-11 on field goals inside 40 yards, while converting a 45-yarder … Punted 15 times for an average of 34.6 yards, putting six inside the 20-yardline … Also kicked off twice on the season … Converted a 24-yard field goal try at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Punted four times, placing one inside the 20 at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Punted once for 44 yards in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Had four punts paced by a 52-yarder at USC (Nov. 4) … Perfect 2-for-2 on field goals, 7-of-7 on PATs and punted five times, including a season long 54-yarder, in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28). The 13 total points were a single-game high … Made one of two field goal tries and drilled all six PAT kicks in double-overtime road victory at California (Oct. 21) … Tallied 11 points on 2-of-3 field goals and 5-of-6 extra points in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Went 6-for-6 on PATs and made a 24-yard field goal in a three-point road win over Colorado (Oct. 7) … Made a 32-yard field goal against Utah (Sept. 22) … Perfect 8-for-8 on extra points in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15). Also kicked off twice … Converted 3-of-4 field goals, including a season long 45-yarder, against Houston (Sept. 9) … Opened season going 7-of-8 on extra point tries against NAU (Sept. 2).

2016: Earned primary place-kicking duties in fall camp, while also serving starting punter much of season in addition to splitting kickoffs … Team scoring leader with 63 total points … Finished season 9-for-14 (64.3 percent) on field goals, with a long of 46 yards … Made all eight field goal tries inside 40 yards … Perfect 36-for-36 on extra point tries … Punted 48 times for 2,028 yards (42.2 average) with a long of 67 yards … Totaled 10 punts of 50-plus yards and downed 15 inside the 20-yardline … Kicked off 24 times with five touchbacks … Opened season making a season-long 46-yarder against BYU (Sept. 3) in the Cactus Kickoff Classic in Glendale, Ariz. Also had a season-long try of 52 yards in the contest … Set season high with two made field goals (27, 28 yards) in home victory over Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Strong punting performance with a 65-yarder and two boots downed inside 20-yardline against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Punted a career-most 10 times with an average of 39.2 yards at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Set season-high with a 67-yard punt against USC (Oct. 15) … Career-high four field goal tries (made from 23, missed 44, 44 and 50 yards) against Colorado (Nov. 12) … Made all extra point tries in season-ending Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (25). Also had nine kickoffs with two touchbacks in rivalry contest.
 
2015: Served as the backup place-kicker … Made first career extra point try against NAU (9/19) … Averaged 65.0 yards on two kickoffs in that contests … Was on travel squad but did not see additional opportunities.
 
2014: Redshirted his true freshman year.
 
High School: Football, soccer and wrestling letterman for Highland Park High School … 2013 all-conference and all-region honoree … No. 27 kicker and No. 19 punter in the class of 2014 according to Kohl’s Kicking Camps … As a senior, made eight of 12 field goals and six of eight successful onside kicks … Had 44 punts for 37.1 yards per kick.
 
Personal: Personal: Son of Steven and Wendy Pollack … Graduated in May of 2018 with a degree in psychology … Studying accounting for his graduate program.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2014Freshman

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 180 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 180 lbs
    9
  • 30

    2016Redshirt Sophomore

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 184 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2017Redshirt Junior

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 184 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2018Graduate Student

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 184 lbs
    30
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