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2018 Football Roster
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Aaron Pierre
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Prev School:
- Cambridge Christian School
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
2020 (R-Jr.):
• Saw playing time in all 11 games, starting nine contests
• Ranked third on the team in tackles
• Finished the season with 41 tackles (23 solo, 18 assisted)
• Added 3.5 tackles for a loss (six yards) and 1.0 sacks (two yards), a quarterback hurry and a fumble recovery
• Opened the season with four solo tackles during a road win at Western Kentucky
• Five stops, including two solo stops, against North Alabama and ULM
• Helped Liberty knock off Syracuse by recording a season-high seven tackles (four solo, three assisted)
• Three tackles, including a one-yard tackle for a loss, against Southern Miss
• Four stops (two solo, two assisted) to help Liberty during its first-ever win over Virginia Tech
• Helped Liberty defeat No. 9/11 Coastal Carolina in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl with six tackles, including five solo stops
2019 (R-So.):
• Did not see any playing time during the 2019 season
2018 (R-Fr.):
• Played in all 12 games during his first year on the field for the Flames
• Finished the season with 10 tackles (two solo, eight assisted)
• Finished the Army game with a season-high eight tackles (two solo, six assisted)
• Added single assisted tackles during home wins over Old Dominion and Idaho State
2017 (Fr.):
• Redshirted during the season
Prep:
• Graduate of Cambridge Christian School in Tampa, Fla.
• Four-year letter winner
• Named team MVP following his freshman season when he recorded 82 tackles and 640 rushing yards
• Suffered an injury during his sophomore season that limited him to playing three games with 14 tackles
• Helped Cambridge Christian finish as a 2A state runner-up during his junior year
• Finished his junior season with 61 tackles, two sacks, two interceptions and three pass breakups
• Added 600 total offensive yards and eight touchdowns as a junior, helping him earn all-county and all-state honors
• Finished his senior year with 55 tackles, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions and 11 pass breakups
• Added 500 total offensive yards and four touchdowns as a senior
• Named team captain, Cambridge Christian's Most Versatile Athlete, all-county and all-state his senior year
• Selected to the Hillsborough All-Star team as a senior
• Letter winner in track & field as a sophomore
• District and regional qualifier in the 4x100 relay and discus in track & field
• Voted school ambassador
• Little League football coach
Personal:
• Son of Stephena and Webster Pierre
• Uncle, Steve Octavien, was an All-Big 12 honorable mention linebacker at Nebraska who also played for three seasons in the NFL
• Aunt, Dayana Octavien, was an All-America track & field athlete at USF
• Uncle, Keith Eloi, was a wide receiver at Nebraska-Omaha and spent time with the Washington Redskins
• Birthday is on April 6
• Graduated with his bachelor's degree in Sport Management in May 2021
