No. 58 – Baltimore Ravens | |||||||||||
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Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||||
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Born: | Daphne, Alabama, U.S. | November 6, 1992||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 355 lb (161 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Daphne | ||||||||||
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Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 6, 2024 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Michael Pierce (born November 6, 1992) is an American professional football nose tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulane before transferring to Samford and was signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2016, where he spent the next four seasons. He signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2020 and played there for two seasons before returning to the Ravens in 2022.
Pierce was not invited to the NFL combine. At his Pro Day, he ran 10 meter split faster than any defensive lineman at the combine (1.67 vs Alex McCalister's 1.68) and performed a broad jump inside the Top 15 for defensive lineman. [1] [2]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 0+3⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 329 lb (149 kg) | 31+5⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 5.01 s | 1.67 s | 2.84 s | 27 in (0.69 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | 28 reps | |||
All values from Pro Day [3] |
On May 3, 2016, Pierce signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. [4] As a rookie in the 2016 season, Pierce appeared in all 16 games and finished the season with 35 tackles, two sacks, and one pass defended. On September 10, in the 2017 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals, Pierce recovered a Terrell Suggs-forced fumble, which came off of quarterback Andy Dalton, in the 20–0 victory. [5] On March 9, 2019, the Ravens placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Pierce. [6] On May 1, 2019, the Ravens re-signed Pierce. [7]
On March 25, 2020, Pierce signed a three-year, $27 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings. [8] [9] On July 28, 2020, Pierce announced he would opt out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was placed on the reserve/opt-out list by the Vikings. [10]
Pierce returned in 2021 as a starting defensive tackle. He started the first four games before suffering an elbow injury in Week 4. He missed the next four games before being placed on injured reserve on November 13, 2021. [11] He was activated on December 4, 2021. [12]
Pierce was released on March 15, 2022. [13]
On March 17, 2022, Pierce signed a three-year, $16.5 million contract with the Ravens. [14] He suffered a torn biceps in Week 3 and was placed on season-ending injured reserve on September 29, 2022. [15]
Pierce entered the 2023 season as the starting nose tackle for the Ravens. On January 6, 2024, he signed a two-year, $7.5 million contract extension through the 2025 season. [16]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2016 | BAL | 16 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | BAL | 16 | 13 | 49 | 32 | 17 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | BAL | 14 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | BAL | 14 | 14 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | MIN | 0 | 0 | Opted out due to Covid-19 | ||||||||||||||
2021 | MIN | 8 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | BAL | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | BAL | 17 | 17 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | BAL | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 93 | 59 | 232 | 137 | 95 | 8.5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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