Christian Pierce
USC Trojans
86
Great

Christian Pierce

USC TrojansContender
SSDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Christian Pierce starting?

Christian Pierce is the projected starter at SS for USC Trojans.

Senior · #6 · 6'1", 205 lbs

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Depth at SS · USC Trojans

  1. 1686Christian PierceStarter
  2. 23066Marquis Gallegos
  3. 33656Peyton Dyer

USC Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Rancho Cucamonga, ranked #427 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 64 tackles, 1 INT, 3 PBU. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 90th-percentile production nationally — good for a 86 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #427 Natl3-Yr Total78 tacklesTeam Share9%Percentile90th
Fontana, CA
Jersey
#6
Class
SR
Height
6'1"
Weight
205 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20256413
2024800
2023600

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8923
National Rank
#427
High School
Rancho Cucamonga
Hometown
Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Why this rating?

On a 78-rated defense; 90th-percentile production (×0.97 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 86.

Team defense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 90% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WPSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-23

Oct 3WWASHTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
9
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 25-21

Sep 26LORETKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-27

Sep 19WRUTGTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
2

Final W 42-35

Sep 13WULTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-30

Sep 5WFRESTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 39-0

Aug 29WSJSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-26

Christian Pierce's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

64 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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