Will the Bengals of Cincinnati Select a defensive end in the first round of the NFL draft for the second time in three years?
Bengals would have been hosted Tennessee Edge James Pearce Jr. volunteers for a visit earlier this month.
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Pearce is one of the five players who make sense for Bengals at n ° 17, According to the Inquireire’s Kelsey Conway.
Tennessee’s defensive line player James Pearce Jr. Sacks Utep Quarterback JP Pickles
That knowing about the pearce of 6 feet 5 inches and 245 pounds, which played three seasons for flights:
Pearce had 19.5 bags on 39 games in Tennessee.
Pearce has played 13 games per season during each of his three seasons. He finished his second season with a dry-best 10 bags.
In the 35-0 victory of Tennessee against Iowa in the citrus bowl In January 2024, Pearce finished the match with 1.5 bags, four plated (two for the loss) and an interception, he returned 52 yards for a touch.
Pearce has been appointed first all-sec team each of the last two seasons.
Pearce was the first defensive line player UT to win the consecutive honors of the first team of the first team from the renowned temple of university football John Henderson (2000-01).
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Pearce had problems off the field during his second season. He was arrested in December 2023 for disobeying the police orders after being stopped for speeding and led with a suspended permit. The accusations were then abandoned. He paid the legal fees for an excess speed ticket.
Talent assessors rent production, Twitch and Rush from Pearce, as well as explosiveness in the first three stages of its precipitation.
“Its high pressure pressure rate is partially derived from an instinctive sensation for positioning, allowing it to work around protection for fast victories in the pocket,” Lance Zierlein wrote In the NFL.com project profile of Pearce. “He will have to improve his strength and technique as a defender of the NFL.”
Pearce was one of the 15 best prospects at the national level in Chambers High School in Charlotte.
Chambers won consecutive state titles in 2019 and 2020 and appeared in the Caroline North Carolina State Championship matches in each of the four seasons of the Pearce high school.
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