Von Pearson

Wide receiver for Tennessee. 2015: 38 catches, 409 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Tennessee · #9

6′0″ · Newport News, VA

Tennessee 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 4 nationally · Joined Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 wide receiver for Tennessee. 2015: 38 catches, 409 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tennessee, 802 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td vs Kentucky.Kentucky · W 50-162014

201411 games

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Feather River College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#4 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Butch Jones — 16-10 over that span.

2014Tennessee7-6HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2015Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (7th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#197 / 521 · 62nd pct

Rec TDs#203 / 521 · 54th pct

Rec yards#273 / 521 · 48th pct

409

Long catch#287 / 521 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#392 / 521 · 24th pct

10.8

Rush yards#228 / 247 · 7th pct

-5

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	2.7	36.6	13.5	0.3
Road3g	4.7	26.7	6.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	24.0	14.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	44.2	9.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Tennessee	38	409	10.8	3	--
2014	Tennessee	38	393	10.3	5	--
Career		76	802	10.6	8	--

Season	Team
2015	Tennessee	4	-5	--	--	--
2014	Tennessee	8	27	--	--	--
Career		12	22	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2015

W 38–31

vs Georgia

2 rec · 25 yds

Edged out Georgia at home in a shootout.

With J. Dobbs — 312 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.3 · 118 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD · T. Daniel — 45 AVG · 56 LONG · 7 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 59-30vs Bowling Green	2	48	24.0	0	45
Wk 2	L 24-31vs Oklahoma	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	W 55-10vs Western Carolina	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 5	L 20-24vs Arkansas	3	30	10.0	0	13
Wk 6	W 38-31vs Georgia	2	25	12.5	0	19
Wk 8	L 14-19@ Alabama	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 9	W 52-21@ Kentucky	5	37	7.4	0	16
Wk 10	W 27-24vs South Carolina	8	121	15.1	1	37	Season-high 121 yds
Wk 11	W 24-0vs North Texas	3	24	8.0	0	18
Wk 12	W 19-8@ Missouri	7	28	4.0	0	9
Wk 13	W 53-28vs Vanderbilt	3	40	13.3	2	18	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 45-6vs Northwestern	2	32	16.0	0	26
Total		38	409	11.5	3	45

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