Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2024Tennessee
James Pearce Jr.
DL • 6'5" • 243 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
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James Pearce Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
98
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Player Story
James Pearce Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 27, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of James Pearce Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 26
- NFL Team
- Atlanta Falcons
James Pearce Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Tennessee. James Pearce Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.2 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · DL
- Career Tackles
- 70
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Tennessee
- Top game
- Texas A&M
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Chambers · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Chambers · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 1 · Pick 26 · Atlanta Falcons
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DL 76th (top 8%) · SEC 126th (top 17%) · National 1,024th (top 17%)
James Pearce Jr. played DL for Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, James Pearce Jr. recorded 70 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Tennessee.
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