Connor Pierce
Receiver and safety in high school. Free safety at Lebanon Valley. · Senior on the 2011-12 MaxPreps roster. Lebanon Valley, 2014–2015. · Lebanon Valley
William Albright's account of Oct. 1, 2011, homecoming at Thompson Street Stadium, has Mifflinburg winning 19-0 in the mud. The Wildcats came in 4-0. Connor Pierce caught two passes for 48 yards and ran twice for 7. He did not score. The first quarter was scoreless. Kyle Failor then found Oakley Whitesel for 17 yards, and it was 7-0. In the fourth quarter Michael Wiand scored from the 3 and Failor scored from the 1. Both kicks failed. Mifflinburg's quarters were 0-7-0-12. The Wildcats ran 28 times for 46 yards. Shore completed none of two passes. First downs were 7 and 6. Albright had Mifflinburg at 5-0.
EasternPAFootball's players-to-watch list of Aug. 15, 2011, before that season, lists him as a senior receiver and safety and looks back at the year before. The line is 93 tackles, 70 of them solo, and five interceptions, 9.3 a game, including 14-tackle games against Shamokin and Lewisburg, plus 39 catches for 496 yards and three touchdowns, 12.7 yards a catch.
Lebanon Valley's 2015 roster lists him as a senior free safety, number 27, 5-11 and 189, from Mifflinburg. The bio calls him a captain and a two-time all-conference safety and receiver in high school. In 2015 he started all 10 games at free safety, with 36 tackles, 22 solo, 1.5 tackles for loss, and three passes defended. Seven tackles at Albright on Nov. 14 was the high. In 2014 he played nine games, started the last two, made 27 tackles, forced a fumble at FDU-Florham, and broke up three passes.