Senior safety for UAB. 2025: 2 interceptions, 37 tackles.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Norfolk, VA
The numbers
interceptions · 2025
37 tackles
Best game: 1 INT, 6 tackles, at Tennessee
His career numbers, season by seasonHow he plays
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Interceptions: 75th percentile.
The full scouting readPierre Royster
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Pierre Royster arrived at UAB from Saint Francis (PA). The receipt on tape: 11 tackles against Navy, Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UAB | 37 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| Career | 37 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 52–42
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-42vs Alabama State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-38@ Navy | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 31-28vs Akron | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-56@ Tennessee | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-38@ UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
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 2025 production profile sits closest to Josh Foster’s 2021 season.
Matches Josh on
Differs from Josh on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Shyheim Brown's graduate season at Florida State (2025).
Matches Shyheim on
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