Former Saint Stars in Amazing Race

Marcus Pollard’s athletic journey was a unique one to
say the least. The Lanett, Alabama native and Valley High School
graduate ended up at Seward County Community College where he played
basketball for Coach Dale Reed and the Saints for two seasons, averaging
14.9 points and 9.3 rebounds in a dominating sophomore season for the
Green and White. Following his sophomore year, Pollard chose to
continue his playing career at Bradley University where he started 49
games in his two seasons, averaging 7.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game
for the Braves. In 1995 it was football, not basketball, that would
give the 6'3, 250 pounder his chance in professional athletics. Pollard
signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts and would spend
the next 14 years calling the NFL home. He racked up over 4,200 yards
and 40 touchdowns during his time with the Colts, Detroit Lions, Seattle
Seahawks, New England Patriots, and Atlanta Falcons before hanging his
cleats up in 2009. Now Pollard is taking his chance in a different
game.

Pollard and his wife Amani, are currently contestants on
Season 19 of CBS’s The Amazing Race. The show is a reality based game
show in which pairs have to race around the world, completing different
tasks and challenges along the way. The final group finishing each leg
of the race is usually eliminated, with the final team standing being
declared the winners at seasons end. The Pollard’s journey on season 19
started in Taipei, Taiwan before moving onto Indonesia for the second
leg of the trip. In that leg, Marcus agreed to be the one of the pair
that went spelunking and said that he hoped it didn’t have to do with
heights before realizing that spelunking is actually the term for
repelling into a cave. The challenge didn’t faze him and the Pollards

were on their way to their next challenge where they chose the "Shake
your money maker" challenge. There, Marcus was forced to show off his
dance moves on an Indonesian city corner to earn money that would
eventually be given to a local orphanage, filled with children who lost
their parents in the eruption of a deadly volcano. The Pollards looked
to be sailing along to the next leg of the race but failed to see a
sign, as did 7 of the other 10 teams, that said that they needed to
leave all of the money in their possession at the orphanage. Sent back
by the host at the finish line, the Pollard's narrowly squeaked by the
stage to finish 9th and advance to the next leg.

To watch Marcus and Amani in their quest to become The
Amazing Race champions, make sure to tune in to CBS Sunday nights at
7:00 central time.

Roy Allen