Player Dossier

2019-2023

Troy

AJ Pierce

DT • 6'1" • 315 lbs • Dothan, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

AJ Pierce shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Troy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Troy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: App State

Player Story

AJ Pierce built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Dothan, AL wearing No. 97, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of AJ Pierce's career was his defensive production: 45...

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AJ Pierce, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Troy. AJ Pierce shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
45
TFL
9.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

AJ Pierce quick answers

Latest team and position
Troy · DT
Career Tackles
45
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Troy
Top game
App State
Latest roster
No. 97 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
13 tackles · DT 120th (top 57%) · Sun Belt 281st (top 43%) · National 2,508th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonTroy4510--013.1
2020 Regular SeasonTroy51341--058
2021 Regular SeasonTroy26-0--043.2
2022 PostseasonTroy620.50--041.5
2022 Regular SeasonTroy6632--041.5
2023 Regular SeasonTroy81310.511031.9

Related Context

AJ Pierce played DT for Troy. Across 5 tracked seasons, AJ Pierce recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Troy.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Troy paired 5 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

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

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Troy

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

2.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia State

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 0. Georgia State: 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

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia State

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Georgia State

Result
Sat 11/27@ Georgia StateL 10-3743000
Sat 11/20vs App StateL 7-4521000

Player Story

AJ Pierce story

AJ Pierce built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Dothan, AL wearing No. 97, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of AJ Pierce's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives AJ Pierce's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Troy

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonTroy17.72.2
2020 Regular SeasonTroy520.810.84
2021 Regular SeasonTroy012.52.1-5
2022 PostseasonTroy5.514.73.75.5
2022 Regular SeasonTroy5.514.73.70
2023 Regular SeasonTroy3.511.22.1-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ App State

Week 13 · L 10-47 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Marshall

Week 4 · W 16-7 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#3

vs South Alabama

Week 8 · W 37-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

55.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Southern Miss

Week 6 · W 27-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#5

vs James Madison

Week 3 · L 14-16 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Troy

5 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 10.8 usage

58

#2

2021 Regular Season · Troy

43.2

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Troy

41.5

5.5 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games