TROY – Former Northview standout A.J. Pierce is healthy again and is expected to play a key role across the Troy defensive front.
After battling through an Achilles injury much of last season, Pierce looked strong and fast as the Trojans went through their first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday inside Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Pierce, a 6-foot-1, 324-pound junior tackle, hurt his Achilles tendon in a lower leg in January of 2020 and was hampered by it somewhat for the past two seasons. “Last year, at the end of the year I was feeling real good and playing real good,” Pierce said. “I was like, ‘I’ve got to keep my foot on the gas.’ If I keep my foot on the gas, the sky is the limit.”“You can tell they’re not trying to be demeaning, they’re demanding you to be great,” Pierce said. “That’s what I really like about them. I enjoyed the last staff too, but this a different level and I’m going to give them everything I’ve got.
Defense wins scrimmage: Troy head coach Jon Sumrall was blunt in his assessment of the defense winning the battle against the offense during a limited scrimmage held at the end of the practice session on Saturday.“They attacked the whole practice with energy, enthusiasm, passion, intensity,” Sumrall said of the defense. “The offense was behind, and at times it’s going to happen. We’re putting a lot of new things in and working on some install stuff.
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