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Jersey Number 6
Ravian Pierce
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 244
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Plantation, Fla.
- High School:
- Plantation
Bio
Career Overview: Team’s top tight end from 2017-18 ... In 22 games (12 starts), caught 45 passes for 368 yards (8.2 avg.) and seven touchdowns ... Made at least one reception in 18 of his 22 games played ... Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2017 and immediately moved to the top of the depth chart, catching 29 passes for 263 yards (9.1 avg.) and four touchdowns in his first season ... Played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Southwest Mississippi Community College … Caught 77 passes for 733 yards and five touchdowns in two years for the Bears and was a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Region 23 selection ... Two letters.
Senior Year (2018): Played in 10 games with three starts … Had 16 catches for 105 yards (6.6 avg.) and three touchdowns … Snagged two passes for 19 yards while serving as the Orange's offensive game captain at Western Michigan (8/31) ... Against Wagner (9/8), had a 3-yard touchdown catch ... Also forced a fumble as member of the punt block unit, leading to a Syracuse field goal ... Tallied three receptions for a season-high 34 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown, versus Florida State (9/15) ... Missed the Connecticut (9/22), Clemson (9/29) and Pittsburgh (10/6) games due to injury ... Returned to the field versus North Carolina (10/20) and caught the game-winning TD pass in double overtime ... Season-high four catches for 17 yards at Wake Forest (11/3).
Junior Year (2017): Played in all 12 games, starting nine ... Fourth on the Orange in receptions (29), receiving yards (263) and tied for second on the team with four TD catches … His 29 receptions were the most for an Orange tight end since 2012 (Beckett Wales, 35) … Against Central Connecticut State (9/1), made his Syracuse debut and caught three passes for four yards, including a 5-yard touchdown in the third quarter … Had two receptions for eight yards and a touchdown versus Central Michigan (9/16) … At LSU (9/23), snared three passes for 21 yards … Against Pittsburgh (10/6), set personal bests for both catches (9) and receiving yards (99) … Followed it up with 66 yards receiving on four catches, including a career-long grab of 28 yards, versus Clemson (10/13) ... Against Wake Forest (11/11), caught four passes for 52 yards and two touchdowns ... Named to the 2017 Fall SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2016 at Southwest Mississippi CC): NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American … Garnered NJCAA All-Region 23 and MACJC All-South First Team honors for the second year in a row … Played in nine games … Led the Bears in receptions (50), receiving yards (426) and tied for the team lead with two touchdown catches … Averaged 5.6 receptions and 47.3 receiving yards per game … Seven games with 5+ receptions … Season-high eight catches for 49 yards versus Northeast Mississippi (9/22) … Had seven catches for a season-best 86 yards and a touchdown at Pearl River (10/6) ... Ranked second among junior-college tight ends by ESPN … No. 3 among tight ends and No. 21 overall on 247Sports.com’s composite list of the top junior-college prospects … No. 3 tight end and 30th overall prospect in Scout.com’s Junior College Top 100.
Freshman Year (2015 at Southwest Mississippi CC): NJCAA All-Region 23 and MACJC All-South First Team selection … Played in eight games and tied for the Southwest Mississippi lead with 27 receptions for 307 yards and three touchdowns … Made five catches for a season-best 87 yards and a touchdown at East Mississippi (8/27) … Season-high eight receptions for 48 yards at Mississippi Delta (9/3).
High School: Tight end for head coach Tucker Peavy at Plantation High School … Considered the No. 1 tight end from South Florida in the Class of 2014 and the No. 9 Y-tight end in the class overall by ESPN … Member of the Scout.com Top 300 … Ranked among the top 340 prospects in the nation by 247Sports.com … No. 16 player in Broward County, according to the Sun Sentinel.
Personal: Ravian Michael Pierce … Born in April 1995 in Milwaukee, Wis. … Grandson of Gidget Friday … Two brothers, one sister … Communication and rhetorical studies major.
Senior Year (2018): Played in 10 games with three starts … Had 16 catches for 105 yards (6.6 avg.) and three touchdowns … Snagged two passes for 19 yards while serving as the Orange's offensive game captain at Western Michigan (8/31) ... Against Wagner (9/8), had a 3-yard touchdown catch ... Also forced a fumble as member of the punt block unit, leading to a Syracuse field goal ... Tallied three receptions for a season-high 34 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown, versus Florida State (9/15) ... Missed the Connecticut (9/22), Clemson (9/29) and Pittsburgh (10/6) games due to injury ... Returned to the field versus North Carolina (10/20) and caught the game-winning TD pass in double overtime ... Season-high four catches for 17 yards at Wake Forest (11/3).
Junior Year (2017): Played in all 12 games, starting nine ... Fourth on the Orange in receptions (29), receiving yards (263) and tied for second on the team with four TD catches … His 29 receptions were the most for an Orange tight end since 2012 (Beckett Wales, 35) … Against Central Connecticut State (9/1), made his Syracuse debut and caught three passes for four yards, including a 5-yard touchdown in the third quarter … Had two receptions for eight yards and a touchdown versus Central Michigan (9/16) … At LSU (9/23), snared three passes for 21 yards … Against Pittsburgh (10/6), set personal bests for both catches (9) and receiving yards (99) … Followed it up with 66 yards receiving on four catches, including a career-long grab of 28 yards, versus Clemson (10/13) ... Against Wake Forest (11/11), caught four passes for 52 yards and two touchdowns ... Named to the 2017 Fall SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2016 at Southwest Mississippi CC): NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American … Garnered NJCAA All-Region 23 and MACJC All-South First Team honors for the second year in a row … Played in nine games … Led the Bears in receptions (50), receiving yards (426) and tied for the team lead with two touchdown catches … Averaged 5.6 receptions and 47.3 receiving yards per game … Seven games with 5+ receptions … Season-high eight catches for 49 yards versus Northeast Mississippi (9/22) … Had seven catches for a season-best 86 yards and a touchdown at Pearl River (10/6) ... Ranked second among junior-college tight ends by ESPN … No. 3 among tight ends and No. 21 overall on 247Sports.com’s composite list of the top junior-college prospects … No. 3 tight end and 30th overall prospect in Scout.com’s Junior College Top 100.
Freshman Year (2015 at Southwest Mississippi CC): NJCAA All-Region 23 and MACJC All-South First Team selection … Played in eight games and tied for the Southwest Mississippi lead with 27 receptions for 307 yards and three touchdowns … Made five catches for a season-best 87 yards and a touchdown at East Mississippi (8/27) … Season-high eight receptions for 48 yards at Mississippi Delta (9/3).
High School: Tight end for head coach Tucker Peavy at Plantation High School … Considered the No. 1 tight end from South Florida in the Class of 2014 and the No. 9 Y-tight end in the class overall by ESPN … Member of the Scout.com Top 300 … Ranked among the top 340 prospects in the nation by 247Sports.com … No. 16 player in Broward County, according to the Sun Sentinel.
Personal: Ravian Michael Pierce … Born in April 1995 in Milwaukee, Wis. … Grandson of Gidget Friday … Two brothers, one sister … Communication and rhetorical studies major.
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