#21

Artavis Pierce

Senior running back for Oregon State. 2019: 874 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 23 catches.

RB · Oregon State · Sr. · #21

5′11″ · 208 lb · Lake Alfred, FL

Oregon State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1538 nationally · Signed with Oregon State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Oregon State. 2019: 874 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 23 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oregon State, 2,128 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201611 games

Signed with Oregon State3-star out of Auburndale

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1538 national

CFB

College

Oregon State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

3 coaches

2016

Gary Andersen

Oregon State

2017

Cory Hall

Oregon State

era →

2018–2019

Jonathan Smith

Oregon State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Gary Andersen, Cory Hall, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Oregon State4-8HC: Gary Andersen · Run-leaning

2017Oregon State1-11HC: Cory Hall · Run-leaning

2018Oregon State2-10HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Oregon State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (84th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (81st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#49 / 314 · 84th pct

Yards / carry#58 / 326 · 81st pct

5.9

Rec yards#62 / 314 · 80th pct

169

Rush yards#66 / 326 · 80th pct

874

Carries#95 / 326 · 71st pct

147

Rush TDs#111 / 326 · 61st pct

Long run#143 / 326 · 55th pct

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	66.5	5.5	0.3
Road6g	79.2	7.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	83.8	7.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	61.8	5.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Oregon State	147	874	5.9	6	--
2018	Oregon State	54	408	7.6	4	--
2017	Oregon State	68	323	4.8	1	--
2016	Oregon State	98	523	5.3	4	--
Career		367	2,128	5.8	15	--

Season	Team
2019	Oregon State	23	169	7.3	1	--
2018	Oregon State	15	149	9.9	0	--
2017	Oregon State	15	128	8.5	0	--
2016	Oregon State	21	132	6.3	1	--
Career		74	578	7.8	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2019

W 35–34

vs Arizona State

63 rush yds (16 car)

Edged out Arizona State at home in a shootout.

With D. Rodriguez — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG · J. Luton — 288 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · -13 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 36-52vs Oklahoma State	8	53	6.6	0	13
Wk 2	L 28-31@ Hawai'i	7	79	11.3	2	37
Wk 3	W 45-7vs Cal Poly	12	90	7.5	0	25
Wk 5	L 28-31vs Stanford	16	141	8.8	2	43	Season-high 141 yds
Wk 6	W 48-31@ UCLA	21	119	5.7	1	53
Wk 7	L 7-52vs Utah	10	21	2.1	0	16
Wk 8	W 21-17@ California	23	80	3.5	0	20
Wk 10	W 56-38@ Arizona	15	114	7.6	1	25
Wk 11	L 7-19vs Washington	8	31	3.9	0	7
Wk 12	W 35-34vs Arizona State	16	63	3.9	0	14
Wk 13	L 53-54@ Washington State	7	58	8.3	0	33
Wk 14	L 10-24@ Oregon	4	25	6.3	0	23
Total		147	874	6.3	6	53

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