Senior defensive back on Florida International's 2022 roster.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Austin, TX
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 2134 nationally · Signed with Texas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Florida International's roster.
Pierce Withers
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Pierce Withers has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Southern Miss, Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Florida International, 34 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (24th 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
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 32 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Texas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 48–10
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 38-point win at home against Long Island University.
With M. Bortenschlager — 266 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.1 · 12 rush yds (3 car) · D. Price — 165 rush yds (5 car) · 3 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Long Island University | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-54@ Texas Tech | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-34vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-38@ Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-49vs North Texas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-37@ Southern Miss | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 32 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to AJ Watts’s 2021 season.
Matches AJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Broderick Harrell's sophomore season at UTEP (2020).
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Player DNA