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2024 Football Roster

Jim Pierce

3 Marcus Libman

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Scottsdale, Ariz.
  • Previous School Pinnacle
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Sociology

Biography

2024: Played in all 10 games, making one start … Had 24 catches for 309 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Caught five passes for 109 yards at Harvard … Had five grabs and a touchdown in Columbia’s first win at Penn since 1996 … Found endzone in win over Princeton.

2023: Saw action in all 10 games, making four starts … Made 11 catches for 81 yards.

2022: Played in all 10 games, making eight starts … Registered 40 catches for 448 yards and four touchdowns … Caught game-winning pass in overtime and finished with 118 yards in win at Brown … Also posted 80-yard TD reception against the Bears … Found the endzone at Penn … Caught a touchdown in season-opening win over Marist.
 
2021: Saw action in all 10 games with four starts as a sophomore wide receiver … Listed as either the starter or backup on the depth chart at wide receiver all season long … Led the Lions in both receptions (33) and receiving yards (280) with an 8.5 yards per catch average and long reception of 39 yards … Earned starts vs. Marist, Georgetown, at Dartmouth and at Yale … Caught two passes for 23 yards vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Finished with five receptions for 53 yards vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Registered a career-high 64 receiving yards on four catches, including a 39-yarder from Joe Green at Yale (Oct. 30) … Finished with four receptions for 13 yard at Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Caught three passes for 24 yards vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Made two receptions for 20 yards at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Finished with a career-high six catches for 5 yards at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Caught two passes for nine yards vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … In career debut and first career start in season opener, caught four passes for 27 yards vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Ariz., where he played two years of varsity football for Head Coach Dana Zupke … Honorable Mention All-Area selection by the Arizona Republic as a senior … AZPreps365 First Team Class 6A First Team All-Region honoree as a senior … First Team All-Paradise Valley selection following senior season … Named to the Class 6A Academic All-Area team by Sports360AZ … Arizona Republic rated him one of the top-10 wide receivers in the state prior to his senior season … Served as team captain … Saw action at wide receiver … Over two-year varsity career, caught 139 passes for 2,294 yards and 26 touchdowns … Finished his senior year with 65 receptions for 940 yards and 10 touchdowns … Led the Pioneers to the Class 6A state semifinals and Desert Valley Conference championship … Top performance was a 10-catch, 2348-yard, two touchdown game … Registered 74 receptions for 1,354 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior … Set school-records for most receptions (74) and receiving yards (1,354) in a single season … Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports.com … Ranked a two-star recruit by Rivals.com … Also earned three letters in basketball … Team captain as a senior in basketball … Led the Pioneers to two Class 6A state basketball titles as a junior and sophomore … First Team All-Paradise Valley selection in basketball after averaging 16 points, four assists and 3.5 rebounds per game during his senior season … Participated in the 2020 Elite and Factory Basketball … Worked as a youth referee …
 
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2020First Year

    Wide Receiver
    6'1" 185 lbs
    19
  • 3

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2022Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2023Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 195 lbs
    3