Jarrin Pierce

Senior wide receiver for Middle Tennessee. 2021: 43 catches, 523 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #9

5′11″ · 190 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 53 · #159 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceMiddle Tennessee 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1595 nationally · Signed with Northern Colorado

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Middle Tennessee. 2021: 43 catches, 523 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Colorado in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Middle Tennessee, 1,669 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 107 yds at UTSA.UTSA · L 35-372020

2016

Signed with Northern Colorado3-star out of Bishop Alemany

201912 games

Signed with Middle Tennessee3-star out of College of the Canyons

20209 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1595 national

CFB

College

Middle Tennessee

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

Played his entire career under Rick Stockstill.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 14-20 over that span.

2019Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2020Middle Tennessee3-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #159 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (92nd percentile). Strength: rec tds (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#52 / 655 · 92nd pct

14.0%

Explosive rate#140 / 655 · 79th pct

18.6%

Yards / catch#268 / 655 · 59th pct

13.2

EPA / target#301 / 655 · 54th pct

0.69

Catch rate#303 / 655 · 54th pct

76.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#71 / 557 · 84th pct

Receptions#148 / 557 · 73rd pct

Long catch#175 / 557 · 68th pct

Rec yards#185 / 557 · 67th pct

523

Yards / catch#366 / 557 · 34th pct

12.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

38th → 54th percentile

Explosive rate

28th → 79th percentile

Catch rate

81st → 54th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 92nd percentile

Yards / catch

16th → 59th percentile

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.0	35.0	11.3	0.2
Road7g	3.9	38.4	9.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	42.0	9.8	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	31.4	10.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #159 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #159 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Middle Tennessee	43	523	12.2	6	--
2020	Middle Tennessee	59	584	9.9	3	--
2019	Middle Tennessee	42	562	13.4	4	--
Career		144	1,669	11.6	13	--

Season	Team
2021	Middle Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Middle Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Middle Tennessee	1	9	--	--	--
Career		1	9	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 34–28

vs Marshall

2 rec · 10 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Marshall at home in a shootout.

With K. Ulbrich — 43 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 74 LONG · J. Lane — 1 rec · 34 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Toledo · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.80Nick Vattiato pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 59 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 6 · Liberty · 4&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.22Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 31 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 8 · UConn · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.25Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 24 yds for a TD (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 5 · Marshall · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.17Jarrin Pierce 13 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick)
Week 3 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 16 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 1 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.15Nick Vattiato pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 24 yds to the MTnSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UConn · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.00Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 14 yds to the MTnSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Toledo · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +1.97Nick Vattiato pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 23 yds to the Toled 16 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Liberty · 2&19 · Q3 · EPA +1.87Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jarrin Pierce for 16 yds to the 50 yard line
Week 11 · Florida International · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.57N.Vattiato pass complete to FIU 49. Catch made by J.Pierce at FIU 49. Gain of 10 yards. Tackled by FIU at FIU 39.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 50-15vs Monmouth	4	38	9.5	0	13
Wk 2	L 14-35@ Virginia Tech	3	40	13.3	0	27
Wk 3	L 13-27@ UTSA	2	15	7.5	1	16
Wk 4	L 39-42@ Charlotte	10	92	9.2	1	21	Season-high 92 yds
Wk 5	W 34-28vs Marshall	2	10	5.0	1	13
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Liberty	4	57	14.3	1	31
Wk 8	W 44-13@ UConn	3	40	13.3	1	24
Wk 9	W 35-10vs Southern Miss	3	75	25.0	0	40
Wk 10	L 21-48@ Western Kentucky	2	2	1.0	0	3
Wk 11	W 50-10vs Florida International	3	17	5.7	0	10
Wk 13	W 27-17@ Florida Atlantic	3	23	7.7	0	12
Total		39	409	10.1	5	40

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