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James Pearce Jr.

Tennessee · Edge Rusher · 2022-24

SACKS
19
TFL
29
TKL
70

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Pearce was a 2-time first-team all-conference pick (2023 and 2024).

From 2022 to 2024, Pearce recorded 70 tackles, 29 tackles for loss and 19 sacks.

Pearce was the No. 26 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 77 overall, the 5th-highest edge rusher rating at Tennessee since 1990 and No. 37 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2023
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2024
    • First-team all-conference
  3. 2025
    • No. 26 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

James Pearce Jr. season-by-season statistics at Tennessee
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
20225220
202327149.50
202438137.51
Total7029191

Seasons with tracked stats at Tennessee. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Tennessee Teammates

  1. 90Jalin Hyatt2020-22WR
  2. 86Hendon Hooker2021-22QB
  3. 83Dylan Sampson2022-24RB
  4. 75Cedric Tillman2018-22WR
  5. 75Jeremy Banks2018-22LB
  6. 74Theo Jackson2017-21S
  7. 74Jermod McCoy2024-25CB
  8. 72Will Brooks2022-24CB
  9. 72Byron Young2021-22EDGE
  10. 71Jaylen Wright2021-23RB

Full Tennessee all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

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Sources: Wikipedia (James Pearce Jr.) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.