#12

Alec Pierce

Former wide receiver at Cincinnati. 2021: 52 catches, 884 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Cincinnati · Sr. · #12

6′3″ · 213 lb · Visalia, CA

CFB Index 70 · #63 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceIndianapolis — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 21, #53 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1164 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Cincinnati. 2021: 52 catches, 884 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2018.
Drafted round 2 by the Indianapolis in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Cincinnati, 1,851 receiving yards — drafted at #53 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 144 yds at Notre Dame.Notre Dame · W 24-132021

20184 games

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Glenbard West

202113 games

The role got bigger.

All-AACsecond

2022

Drafted by Indianapolisround 2, pick 53

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1164 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #53

Indianapolis · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

Played his entire career under Luke Fickell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 5th NFL season

#53Rd 2 · Pick 21

IndianapolisEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Luke Fickell — 44-7 over that span.

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2020Cincinnati9-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2021Cincinnati13-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #63 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (90th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#68 / 655 · 90th pct

17.0

Explosive rate#128 / 655 · 81st pct

19.0%

TD rate#142 / 655 · 78th pct

10.1%

EPA / target#316 / 655 · 52nd pct

0.67

Catch rate#518 / 655 · 21st pct

65.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#39 / 557 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#53 / 557 · 91st pct

884

Yards / catch#75 / 557 · 86th pct

17.0

Receptions#92 / 557 · 83rd pct

Long catch#233 / 557 · 58th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.0	56.1	19.2	0.9
Road6g	4.8	79.0	16.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	67.7	17.9	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	4.0	65.9	17.7	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #63 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #63 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Cincinnati	52	884	17.0	8	--
2020	Cincinnati	17	315	18.5	3	--
2019	Cincinnati	37	652	17.6	2	--
2018	Cincinnati	--	--	--	--	--
Career		106	1,851	17.5	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 24–13

at Notre Dame

6 rec · 144 yds

With D. Ridder — 297 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.3 · 26 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 43 AVG · 47 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Notre Dame · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 44 yds to the NDame 25 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Temple · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 26 yds to the Temp 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Houston · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 44 yds to the Houst 26 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Notre Dame · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.26Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 17 yds to the NDame 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Temple · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 33 yds to the Temp 28 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Houston · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.89Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 21 yds for a TD, (Christian Lowery KICK)
Week 13 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Alec Pierce 28 Yd pass from Desmond Ridder (Christian Lowery Kick)
Week 13 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 53 yds to the ECaro 5 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UCF · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Desmond Ridder pass complete to Alec Pierce for 19 yds for a TD, (Cole Smith KICK)
Week 12 · SMU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.58Alec Pierce 17 Yd pass from Desmond Ridder (Alex Bales Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-14vs Miami (OH)	2	29	14.5	0	19
Wk 2	W 42-7vs Murray State	2	35	17.5	0	19
Wk 3	W 38-24@ Indiana	5	86	17.2	1	28
Wk 5	W 24-13@ Notre Dame	6	144	24.0	0	45	Season-high 144 yds
Wk 6	W 52-3vs Temple	6	93	15.5	1	33
Wk 7	W 56-21vs UCF	1	19	19.0	1	19
Wk 8	W 27-20@ Navy	5	37	7.4	0	11
Wk 9	W 31-12@ Tulane	2	47	23.5	0	38
Wk 10	W 28-20vs Tulsa	5	113	22.6	1	40
Wk 11	W 45-28@ South Florida	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 12	W 48-14vs SMU	3	39	13.0	2	17	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 35-13@ East Carolina	8	136	17.0	1	53	136-yard receiving day
Wk 14	W 35-20vs Houston	2	65	32.5	1	44
Total		50	867	17.8	8	53

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Alec Pierce

20184 games

202113 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Deep Threat

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Heisman trajectory

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