Age
22
Oct 12, 2003
James Pearce Jr.
#27
ATL · 2025–presentACT
JamesPearceJr.#27EDGE
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
26
2025
TFL
10
regular season
Sacks
10.5
regular season
QB Hits
16
regular season
FF
1
regular season
Snap %
53%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2022 — Present · Includes honors2025–
Atlanta Falcons · Edge Rusher
EDGE · 17 active weeks
NFL
2022–2024
Tennessee · DL
NCAA
Draft Profile
2025 DraftSelection
Round 1, Pick 26
#26 overall by Atlanta Falcons
TeamATL
Overall#26
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — wikipediaFull Disclosure+. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.