Jacob Pierce

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-3
Weight:
265
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Lynchburg, Va.
High School:
Virginia Episcopal

2013
• CAA All-Academic Team
• Appeared and started all 12 games
• Totaled 35 tackles, 3.5 tackles for a loss, 1.0 sacks and four quarterback hurries
• Made seven tackles and 0.5 tackles for a loss in the win over William & Mary
• Picked up three tackles in the win at Delaware
• Made five tackles, including one for a loss in the win at Stony Brook
• Picked up three tackles and a sack in the win over Albany
• Had five tackles against No. 6 Towson
• Totaled two tackles at Rhode Island
• Recorded four tackles at James Madison
• Totaled two tackles and a quarterback hurry against Maine
• Registered two tackles and 0.5 tackles for a loss at Gardner-Webb
• Recorded a quarterback hurry and 0.5 tackles for a loss in the season opener against VMI

2012
• 2012 CAA Football All-Academic Team
• Appeared in 10 games, earning seven starts
• Totaled 18 tackles, 3.0 TFL and one sack
• Seven tackles, one sack and two TFL against No. 4 Old Dominion
• Totaled three tackles, including one for loss, in win over Gardner-Webb
• Registered three stops in victory at VMI
• Two tackles in win at Villanova and at No. 12/13 New Hampshire
• One tackle in win over No. 2 James Madison

2011
• Played in nine games, making six starts and recording 17 tackles, including six solo, 1.5 for loss, and 1.0 sacks
• Also had a fumble recovery, two QB hurries, a pass breakup, and a blocked kick
• Broke up a pass to go with three tackles, including 1.0 sacks for a loss of 14 yards and an assisted tackle for a one-yard loss against New Hampshire
• Blocked a kick and registered three tackles against William & Mary
• Recovered a fumble, hurried the quarterback twice, and had two tackles in a win against VMI

2010
• Played in all 11 games on the defensive line
• Made first two career starts at defensive end in back-to-back games versus Towson and at Villanova
• Finished the year with 14 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and five QB hurries
• Recorded his career-high of four tackles in the win over Towson
• Also had a half sack and four QB hurries in the Towson win
• Had three tackles and his first sack in the win at No. 8 Massachusetts
• Posted two tackles in Richmond's season-opener at Virginia -- his first college game

2009
• Redshirted

High School
• Four-sport athlete at Virginia Episcopal
• Lettered three years in football and was captain his senior season
• Was a two-time All-State, All-Conference and All-Area selection and the conference's Defensive Player of the Year in 2008
• Finished the 2008 season with 15 sacks, 90 tackles (41 solo) and three fumble recoveries
• Collected 126 tackles and 13 sacks as a junior
• Averaged 12 points and seven rebounds on the basketball team

Personal
• Son of Julie and Gene Pierce