Senior defensive tackle for Troy. 2023: 0.5 sacks, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
6′1″ · 315 lb · Dothan, AL
The story
4 defensive tackle for Troy. 2023: 0.5 sacks, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearAJ Pierce
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. AJ Pierce has been at Troy through two head coaches in five seasons. The receipt: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against App State — Week 14, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Troy, 45 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chip Lindsey → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (6th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gerad Parker
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 48–30
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-30vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-42@ Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-16vs James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24vs Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-10vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-14@ UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-17@ Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-23vs App State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Ka'Darian Hill’s 2022 season.
Matches Ka'Darian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Albert Regis's graduate season at Texas A&M (2025).
Matches Albert on
Player DNA