Player Dossier

2016-2018

NC State

David Pierson

LB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Wendell, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

David Pierson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

10

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

David Pierson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · NC State. David Pierson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
3

Quick Answers

David Pierson quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · LB
Career Tackles
3
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 2 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
East Carolina
Latest roster
No. 43 · Sophomore
2018 Tackles rank
3 tackles · LB 942nd (top 80%) · ACC 407th (top 65%) · National 3,731st (top 64%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonNC State23-0--039.3

Related Context

David Pierson played LB for NC State. Across 3 tracked seasons, David Pierson recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

NC State paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · NC State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. East Carolina: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs East Carolina

Result
Sat 12/1vs East CarolinaW 58-320000
Sat 10/6vs Boston CollegeW 28-2311000

Career Arc

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    NC State

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNC State0
2017 Regular SeasonNC State00
2018 Regular SeasonNC State06.31.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs East Carolina

Week 14 · W 58-3

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

8.3 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Boston College

Week 6 · W 28-23 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

39.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games