Robert Pollard (born June 28, 1981) is a former

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. Pollard attended

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on a football scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology in 2003. Afterward, he signed with the

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as a free agent (2004), then the

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(2005–2006) of the

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before injuring his knee, ending his NFL career. After spending 2007 recovering from the injury, Pollard signed with the Dallas Desparados of the

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and played for a year before the entire arena football league was put on hiatus the following year. His father

Bob Pollard Robert Lee Pollard (December 30, 1948) is an American former professional American football, football defensive end who played for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints—where he played four seasons as a ...

played 154 games in the NFL as a defensive lineman. Pollard now works as a peace officer in Texas.

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