2023 Football Roster
Pearce, Richard
Jersey Number 78
Richard Pearce
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 303
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hueytown, Ala.
- High School:
- Hueytown
- Major:
- Communcation
Bio
2023: Played in 10 games making three starts at left guard (Michigan, Marshall, Appalachian State) … Played a valuable role on field goal and PAT squads throughout the season.
2022: Played in all 13 games earning first varsity letter … Logged 84 total snaps (12 offense, 72 special teams) … Experienced action on the offensive line in the first three games of the season (NC State, Old Dominion, Campbell) … Majority of game action came as a member of special teams unit.
2021: Did not participate in any game action during first year with the program ... Practice squad member ... Verbally committed to East Carolina on July 30, 2020 … Officially enrolled early at East Carolina in January of 2021.
High School: A four-year letterman and two-year full-time starter for coach Greg Patterson and the Golden Gophers ... Credited with playing a key interior role for a HHS program that advanced to postseason and rolled to a combined 17-0 record in the highly-regarded Region 4 (Class 6A) during sophomore, junior and senior years ... Top campaign was an 11-2 mark (6-0 region) in 2019 in which the Golden Gophers downed Selma and Eufaula in the first two round of the playoffs and garnered a No. 24 state rank ... Cited as one of the top blockers for Roydell Williams, one of the nation's top running back prospects who rushed for 1,289 yards before signing with Alabama ... Initially was projected as a defensive lineman at the start of his prep career before moving to the offensive side of the ball as a freshman and experiencing significant snaps as a sophomore ... Selected to participate in the annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic ... Rated as a three-star prospect according to 247Sports Composite and listed among Alabama's Top 50 recruits ... Also earned three stars from ESPN.com and was designated two stars per Rivals.com ... Chose East Carolina over Middle Tennessee State among others.
Personal: Major is communication.
2022: Played in all 13 games earning first varsity letter … Logged 84 total snaps (12 offense, 72 special teams) … Experienced action on the offensive line in the first three games of the season (NC State, Old Dominion, Campbell) … Majority of game action came as a member of special teams unit.
2021: Did not participate in any game action during first year with the program ... Practice squad member ... Verbally committed to East Carolina on July 30, 2020 … Officially enrolled early at East Carolina in January of 2021.
High School: A four-year letterman and two-year full-time starter for coach Greg Patterson and the Golden Gophers ... Credited with playing a key interior role for a HHS program that advanced to postseason and rolled to a combined 17-0 record in the highly-regarded Region 4 (Class 6A) during sophomore, junior and senior years ... Top campaign was an 11-2 mark (6-0 region) in 2019 in which the Golden Gophers downed Selma and Eufaula in the first two round of the playoffs and garnered a No. 24 state rank ... Cited as one of the top blockers for Roydell Williams, one of the nation's top running back prospects who rushed for 1,289 yards before signing with Alabama ... Initially was projected as a defensive lineman at the start of his prep career before moving to the offensive side of the ball as a freshman and experiencing significant snaps as a sophomore ... Selected to participate in the annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic ... Rated as a three-star prospect according to 247Sports Composite and listed among Alabama's Top 50 recruits ... Also earned three stars from ESPN.com and was designated two stars per Rivals.com ... Chose East Carolina over Middle Tennessee State among others.
Personal: Major is communication.
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