Tight end, Kent State, 2010–⁠14

Casey Pierce

Number
No. 7
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Parma, OH

Casey Pierce played tight end at Kent State (2010–⁠14).

Career highs

12catches, career highat Bowling Green, 2014127receiving yards, career highat Bowling Green, 20142receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Army, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Kent State3258.3012
2012Kent State11010.0010
2013Kent State3336411.0532
2014Kent State6064110.7644
Career971,04010.71144

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Kent State7TE
2011Kent State7TE
2012Kent State7TE
2013Kent State7TE
2014Kent State7TE6′4″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Kent State271.08––29.24%
2014Kent State890.4742nd (n=496)0.5241.812%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Kent State 11 games, 60 catches, 641 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.OhioL 14–⁠17426010
Sep 6vs.South AlabamaL 13–⁠23480144
Sep 13atOhio StateL 0–⁠66322011
Sep 27atVirginiaL 13–⁠45352019
Oct 4atNorthern IllinoisL 14–⁠17322012
Oct 11vs.MassachusettsL 17–⁠40657015
Oct 18vs.ArmyW 39–⁠17555230
Oct 25atMiami (OH)L 3–⁠10662017
Nov 4vs.ToledoL 20–⁠30857115
Nov 12atBowling GreenL 20–⁠3012127129
Nov 28vs.AkronW 27–⁠24681122
2013 Kent State 11 games, 33 catches, 364 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 29vs.LibertyW 17–⁠101616
Sep 7vs.Bowling GreenL 22–⁠41228116
Sep 14atLSUL 13–⁠4521109
Sep 21atPenn StateL 0–⁠34221013
Sep 28atWestern MichiganW 32–⁠142817
Oct 12atBall StateL 24–⁠27443018
Oct 19atSouth AlabamaL 21–⁠38330117
Oct 26vs.BuffaloL 21–⁠41571032
Nov 2atAkronL 7–⁠16557018
Nov 13vs.Miami (OH)W 24–⁠6238027
Nov 19atOhioW 44–⁠13551122
2012 Kent State 1 game, 1 catch, 10 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Nov 10atMiami (OH)W 48–⁠32110010
2011 Kent State 3 games, 3 catches, 25 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 17atKansas StateL 0–⁠371606
Oct 1atOhioL 10–⁠171707
Nov 4vs.Central MichiganW 24–⁠21112012

No box score in the source for Nov 25 at Temple, so that game is not listed.

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–⁠13).

DrillPro day 2015
Height6′3¼″
Weight244 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.78 s
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.97 s
20-yard shuttle4.22 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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