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2024 Football Roster

3 Cayden Pierce

3 Cayden Pierce

  • Position:
    Linebacker
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    240
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    West Monroe, La.
  • Prev School:
    West Monroe HS

Summary

Biography

CAREER
Games/Starts:
 38/21
Bison debut: vs. East Central (9/4/21)
First career start: at East Central (9/1/22)
Stats: 115 tackles, 13.5 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 9 PBU, 2 FF, 1 FR

AWARDS
2024 All-GAC (First Team)
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2021 Academic All-GAC
2022 Academic All-GAC
2023 Academic All-GAC
2024 Academic All-GAC

2024
Games/Starts: 
11/10
Position: LB
Stats: 55 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 4 PBU
Best Games: 9 tackles, 2.0 TFL at Southwestern Okla. (10/5) ... 8 tackles, 1.0 TFL at Ouachita Baptist (10/19) ... 6 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack vs. Southern Nazarene (9/5)

2023
Games/Starts: 
3/0 ... missed 12 games with an injury
Position: LB
Stats: 5 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, 1 FF, 1 FR
Best Games: 4 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1 FF at Southern Nazarene (8/31) ... 1 sack, 1 QBH vs. Colorado School of Mines (12/16)

2022
Games/Starts: 
11/11
Position: LB
Stats: 48 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, 3 PBU
Best Games: 11 tackles at Ark.-Monticello (10/22) ... 8 tackles, 0.5 sack at Ouachita Baptist (9/24) ... 7 tackles, 1.0 sack vs. Okla. Baptist (10/1)


2021
Games/Starts: 
13/0
Position: LB
Stats: 7 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, 2 PBU, 1 FF
Best Games: 2 tackles, 2 PBU at Okla. Baptist (10/2) ... 1 tackle, 1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, 1 FF vs. East Central (9/4) ... 1 tackle, 1.0 sack at Southern Ark. (9/18)

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of West Monroe High School in Louisiana
Positions: FB
Stats: 859 rushing yards and 18 TD ... 10 receptions for 134 yards and a TD as a senior
Honors: First Team All-State ... All-Northeast Louisiana ... All-District ... District MVP ... All-Academic Team
Coach: Jerry Arledge

PERSONAL
Major: Exercise Science
Parents: Thomas and Cathy Morris

CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 
11, at Ark.-Monticello, Oct 22, 2022
Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Southern Nazarene, Aug 31, 2023 ; at Southwestern Okla., Oct 05, 2024
Sacks1.0, 5 times
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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Running Back
    6'1" 220 lbs
  • 41

    2021Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 205 lbs
    41
  • 3

    2022Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'1" 205 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2023Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 220 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 240 lbs
    3