Running back, Temple, 2009–⁠11

Bernard Pierce

Number: No. 30
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Ardmore, PA
Born: May 10, 1991

Bernard Pierce played running back at Temple (2009–⁠11). The Baltimore Ravens took Pierce in round 3, No. 84 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Best season: 1,361; Rushing yards, 2009 (Temple, 9–⁠4)
Best game: 267 yards; At Navy, week 9, 2009: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 84; Round 3, 2012 NFL Draft (Baltimore Ravens)

267rushing yards, career highat Navy, 2009 5rushing touchdowns, career highat Maryland, 2011

Honors

2009Mid-American Freshman Player of the Year

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,361

728

1,292

9–⁠48–⁠49–⁠4

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Temple	236	1,361	5.8	16	68
2010	Temple	154	728	4.7	10	38
2011	Temple	249	1,292	5.2	24	53
Career		639	3,381	5.3	50	68

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Temple	8	39	4.9	0	13
2010	Temple	8	87	10.9	1	27
2011	Temple	3	52	17.3	0	37
Career		19	178	9.4	1	37

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Temple	30	RB
2010	Temple	30	RB
2011	Temple	30	RB	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Temple 11 games, 1,292 rushing yards, 24 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 1	vs.Villanova	W 42–⁠7	20	147	3	22	–	–
Sep 10	atAkron	W 41–⁠3	18	150	3	37	–	–
Sep 17	vs.Penn State	L 10–⁠14	17	50	1	13	1	8
Sep 24	atMaryland	W 38–⁠7	32	149	5	44	–	–
Oct 1	vs.Toledo	L 13–⁠36	24	75	0	16	1	37
Oct 8	atBall State	W 42–⁠0	30	121	3	29	1	7
Oct 15	vs.Buffalo	W 34–⁠0	23	152	2	53	–	–
Oct 22	atBowling Green	L 10–⁠13	17	107	1	35	–	–
Nov 2	atOhio	L 31–⁠35	22	84	1	20	–	–
Nov 19	vs.Army	W 42–⁠14	21	157	3	49	–	–
Dec 17 ✦	vs.Wyoming	W 37–⁠15	25	100	2	15	–	–

No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Kent State, so that game is not listed.

2010 Temple 9 games, 728 rushing yards, 10 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 3	vs.Villanova	W 31–⁠24	20	75	0	17	–	–
Sep 9	vs.Central Michigan	W 13–⁠10	10	57	1	24	2	15
Sep 18	vs.UConn	W 30–⁠16	26	169	2	38	1	27
Sep 25	atPenn State	L 13–⁠22	10	42	2	11	1	2
Oct 9	atNorthern Illinois	L 17–⁠31	3	6	0	3	–	–
Oct 16	vs.Bowling Green	W 28–⁠27	15	106	1	18	1	11
Oct 23	atBuffalo	W 42–⁠0	23	106	2	24	–	–
Oct 30	vs.Akron	W 30–⁠0	19	83	1	20	2	24
Nov 6	atKent State	W 28–⁠10	28	84	1	36	1	8

2009 Temple 12 games, 1,361 rushing yards, 16 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 3	vs.Villanova	L 24–⁠27	6	44	0	22	–	–
Sep 19	atPenn State	L 6–⁠31	7	24	0	10	–	–
Sep 26	vs.Buffalo	W 37–⁠13	20	116	1	20	–	–
Oct 3	atEastern Michigan	W 24–⁠12	25	180	2	32	1	−3
Oct 10	vs.Ball State	W 24–⁠19	26	125	2	18	1	2
Oct 17	vs.Army	W 27–⁠13	11	65	1	23	1	3
Oct 24	atToledo	W 40–⁠24	40	212	3	39	1	8
Oct 31	atNavy	W 27–⁠24	29	267	2	68	1	−4
Nov 5	vs.Miami (OH)	W 34–⁠32	40	178	3	18	–	–
Nov 13	atAkron	W 56–⁠17	19	97	1	45	–	–
Nov 21	vs.Kent State	W 47–⁠13	1	0	0	0	–	–
Dec 29 ✦	vs.UCLA	L 21–⁠30	12	53	1	21	3	33

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2012	Pro day 2012
Height	6′0¼″	6′0″^W
Weight	218 lb	218 lb^W
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9¼″
40-yard dash	4.49 s	4.45 s^W
10-yard split		1.58 s^W
Vertical jump	36½″	36½″^W
Broad jump	10′3″	10′3″^W
Bench press	17 reps	17 reps^W
3-cone drill	7.07 s	7.07 s^W
20-yard shuttle	4.28 s	4.28 s^W

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 49 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

Season	Team	G	Car	Yds	TD	Rec	Rec yds
2012	Baltimore Ravens	15	108	532	1	7	47
2013	Baltimore Ravens	16	152	436	2	20	104
2014	Baltimore Ravens	13	93	366	2	2	13
2015	Jacksonville Jaguars	5	6	11	0	3	7
NFL career		49	359	1,345	5	32	171

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs