Brandon Pierce
Brandon Pierce
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Brandon Pierce has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt: 9 tackles against UCLA — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona State, 181 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2016–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Graham → Herm Edwards. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Arizona State | 62 | 38 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Boise State | 23 | 13 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Boise State | 83 | 52 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Boise State | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 181 | 112 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 8 | 3 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021
W 42–23
at UCLA
7 SOLO · 9 TOT
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Daquan Evans’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dante Trader Jr.'s senior season at Maryland (2022).
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