Bernard Pollard Bernard Karmell Pollard ( born December 23 , 1984 ) is an American football safety for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft . He has also played for the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens . He played college football at Purdue University . Early years . Pollard attended South Side High School in Fort Wayne , Indiana , and was a letterman in football , basketball and track & field . In football , as a senior , he was selected as " The News - Sentinel " Area Player of the Year , and was a first team All - State honoree . College career . Pollard played three years at Purdue University . As a Freshman , he was named a First Team Freshman All - American by Collegefootballnews . com , a second team by " The Sporting News " and was selected to the Big Ten All - Freshman team by " The Sporting News " in 2003 . He compiled 66 tackles ( 42 solo ) , one pass break - up and one fumble recovery . In 2004 , he was named as a second team All - Big Ten by coaches and honorable mention by the media . He led the team with 96 tackles ( 58 solo ) , 2 forced fumbles , 1 sack , five pass break - ups and one interception He also blocked four kicks ( two punts , one extra point and one field goal ) . Pollard ' s final year at Purdue was marred by altercations with coaches , the height of which occurred in the beginning of the season when he asked head coach Joe Tiller to " Give me my papers " , indicating the preference to transfer . Tiller did not grant the transfer request , but the incident proved a precursor to a tumultuous final year . Despite this Pollard still compiled 92 tackles ( 64 solo ) , 3 interceptions , 3 pass break - ups , 1 fumble recovery and 1 blocked punt . His 5 blocked punts are a Purdue record . Pollard was dubbed " The Bonecrusher " while at Purdue for his hard hits and tackles . Professional career . Kansas City Chiefs . Pollard was selected in the second round , 54th overall of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs . Pollard played the majority of his rookie season on special teams and ended the year with 10 tackles , 1 pass break - up , 1 forced fumble and 3 blocked punts , one against Arizona , one against San Diego , and one against Jacksonville ( recovered in the end zone for a touchdown ) . Pollard was a starter in the 2007 NFL season . Those three blocked punts rank second in Chiefs history , trailing only Chiefs Hall of Fame CB Albert Lewis ( 1983 – 1993 ) who recorded 10 . Pollard ' s blocked punt against the Jacksonville Jaguars , he blocked a Chris Hanson punt and recovered for a touchdown , he helped propel the Kansas City Chiefs to a 35 - 30 win and an eventual playoff berth . He earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors . He also blocked a punt against the Denver Broncos , in , that went out of the end zone for a safety . The Chiefs eventually lost , 27 to 11 . In the 2007 season , he intercepted his first NFL pass off Carson Palmer against the Cincinnati Bengals on October 14 . Pollard also intercepted Jon Kitna in the game against Detroit Lions on December 23 . On September 7 , 2008 , Pollard was involved in a play that ended with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady being taken off the field with a knee injury and not returning for the rest of the game . It was later revealed that Pollard ' s hit on Brady had ended the quarterback ' s season . Pollard later apologized for the hit , saying , " It was really an accident , I can ' t change what happened . I can ' t do anything but pray for him and hope he has a speedy recovery . " The Brady hit , along with other cases where quarterbacks had suffered serious injuries on similar helmet - to - knee hits , resulted in a rules change in the NFL beginning with the 2009 season : a defensive player on the ground may no longer lunge or dive at the quarterback ' s lower legs . Pollard was Kansas City ’ s leading tackler with a career - high 98 tackles in 2008 ( 84 solo ) with one for loss , an interception , four passes defensed , two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries . On September 5 , 2009 the Chiefs released Pollard . Houston Texans . Pollard signed with the Houston Texans on September 24 , 2009 . In his first year with Houston , Pollard had a career year , racking up 102 tackles ( 81 solo ) , 1 . 5 sacks , 4 interceptions , as well as two defensive touchdowns . He had 111 tackles and four forced fumbles the next year . Baltimore Ravens . On August 3 , 2011 , Pollard signed a two - year deal with the Baltimore Ravens . While playing on the Ravens defense in 2011 , Pollard recorded 75 tackles , two sacks , three forced fumbles , and an interception . On May 8 , 2012 , the Ravens signed Pollard to a three - year contract extension . On October 26 , Pollard was fined $ 7 , 875 for an unnecessary roughness penalty in Week 7 against the Houston Texans . Pollard proved to be more effective and successful for the following season , recording 98 tackles , two sacks and an interception in 13 starts . Despite missing the last three weeks due to a chest injury sustained against the Washington Redskins , Pollard ended the regular season as the team ' s leading tackler . He would return for the post - season , winning his first Super Bowl ring with the team . He revealed after the season that he had been playing with a rib injury the whole season , as he sustained the injury during the Week 2 meeting against the Philadelphia Eagles . In an interview with CBSSports . com ' s Clark Judge , Pollard claimed that unless significant changes are made , the NFL will cease to exist in 30 years . He said that while the league was making great strides toward making the game safer , players were becoming so big and so strong that concussions and other serious injuries would still continue to escalate . Eventually , Pollard said , " there ' s going to come a point where fans are going to get fed up with it " and stop watching . On March 13 , 2013 , Pollard was released by the Ravens . Tennessee Titans . On March 21 , 2013 Pollard signed a one - year deal with the Tennessee Titans . Personal . Pollard is married to his wife Meghan with a son Jaylen and daughter Alonna . He established the " Pollard ’ s Helping Hands Foundation " , focusing on feeding the hungry urban children . He also served as a spokesperson for the annual " Hooked on Books " campaign , sponsored by the Junior League of Kansas City , Missouri . He was also on hard knocks with the Kansas City Chiefs teaching his teammates how to get down .