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Today's Linkster #47 · NFL

Evan Engram to Tony Pollard

On Saturday, October 17, 2026, everyone playing the NFL Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Evan Engram to Tony Pollard in as few links as possible. Par was 4, counted through colleges, but any shared college, jersey number or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Evan Engram (TE, 2017–2026) College: Mississippi. Teams: Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Giants. Numbers: #1, #17 and #88.
  • Tony Pollard (RB, 2019–2026) College: Memphis. Teams: Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans. Number: #20.

Seasons 2017–2026. Jersey numbers and teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

21 players solved it on the day. 14 beat par with a shortcut, and 18 matched or beat it in all. The winning run was lilmikewoo's: 2 moves in 0:13.7.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges alone it takes 4, which is par:

  1. Evan Engram
  2. Mississippi Malik Heath
  3. Mississippi State Montez Sweat
  4. Copiah-Lincoln Junior College Arthur Maulet
  5. Memphis Tony Pollard

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 2:

  1. Evan Engram
  2. Jacksonville Jaguars Jalen Ramsey
  3. #20 Tony Pollard