Former linebacker at UCF. 2024: 28 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.
6′2″ · 246 lb · Mount Dora, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former linebacker at UCF. 2024: 28 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.
Jesiah Pierre
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across five seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Dan Mullen, Matt Wells, Joey McGuire and Gus Malzahn. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Cincinnati — Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at UCF, 167 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. 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: qb hurries (23rd 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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UCF | 28 | 12 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 66 | 31 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 38 | 22 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | 27 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Florida | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 167 | 83 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024
W 35–34
at TCU
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.
With K. Jefferson — 230 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.6 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · R. Harvey — 180 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 57-3vs New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs Sam Houston | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-34@ TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-48vs Colorado | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-19vs Cincinnati | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 35-38@ Iowa State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-37vs BYU | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-28vs Utah | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Kumehnnu Gwilly’s 2021 season.
Matches Kumehnnu on
Differs from Kumehnnu on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Clyde Washington's graduate season at Utah State (2024).
Matches Clyde on
Differs from Clyde on
Player DNA