Former Northview standout A.J. Pierce stood in front of the jet that would carry him and his teammates to Orlando for the Cure Bowl to be played on Friday and
“It’s been real exciting watching us grow together like brothers and just everyone buying into coach Sumrall’s words and his plan for us,” Pierce said on Monday morning at the Dothan Regional Airport.
People are also reading… Pierce, a junior, has been especially valuable in moving over from a defensive tackle position to nose tackle behind Buddha Jones once starter Luis Medina, a sophomore, was injured early in the season. “Luis is one of the best athletes I’ve ever laid my eyes on,” Pierce said. “In the sense of him helping me, it was more like this freshman is getting it … I was like, ‘I’ve got to step my game up.’ He pushed me in a way that I don’t even know that he knows he pushed me in that way.”
“He’s been able to step in and just continue to grow his role to where he’s playing more and more for us. It’s something certainly we needed, especially after Luis Medina ended up getting hurt early in the year.”
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