Charles Pierre

Pierre Jr. Career Quick Hits Third Team All-American (Phil Steele, 2024) Honorable Mention All-American (AP, 2024) MVFC First Team All-Conference (2024) MVFC All-Newcomer Team (2023) MVFC Honor Roll (2023) Named top returning RB in the FCS by HEROSports.com (2025) 2024 | Junior Team Captain ... named to the preseason Walter Payton Award watch list … Tabbed Phil Steele MVFC preseason Offensive Player of the Year … First Team preseason All-American by FCS Football Central ... named a Second Team STATS Perform FCS preseason All-American … tabbed the best returning FCS running back by HERO Sports … at Iowa State (Aug. 30): had 13 carries for 49 yards with a long of 11 … at Lamar (Sept. 6): had 10 carries for 53 yards with an explosive run of 27 yards. 2024 | Sophomore Third Team Phil Steele All-American (RB) ... Honorable Mention AP All-American (RB) ... Named a First Team All-Conference performer ... MVFC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18) after the North Dakota game posting three career highs in the win ... Tallied 1,000 rushing yards this season with his season-high 173 yards on the road at North Dakota (Nov. 16) ... Posted a MVFC-best 1,244 rushing yards in 14 games this season on 167 carries … ran for 16 rushing scores, which sat second on the team and tied for third in the Valley … Ran for 136 yards on 13 carries, while also tying his career-high with two rushing scores, in the Week 1 45-3 win over Northern State (Aug. 29) ... led all rushers in the game at Wisconsin (Sept. 7) with 83 yards on 12 carries ... had 35 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown against Drake (Sept. 21) ... one of two Yotes to notch 100+ yards on the ground against Southern Illinois (Sept. 28), going for 124 yards on 15 carries with two touchdowns ... erupted for a career-high three rushing scores against Murray State (Oct. 5) in the 59-0 win ... posted 105 rushing yards in the Dakota Days win over Northern Iowa (Oct. 12) on 21 rushes and two rushing touchdowns ... ran for his first 150-yard game with a 153 yards in the comeback win over Youngstown State (Oct. 19), while tying his career-high with 21 carries ... erupted for a career-best 173 yards with 119 in the second half in the comeback win at North Dakota (Nov. 16), while becoming the first Coyote in the USD Division I FCS era to rush for 1,000 yards in a season ... he also set career-best marks in the UND game with a team-high 75 receiving yards and a long catch of 53 yards for a score ... against the Fighting Hawks he had three explosive plays, including a 76-yard touchdown run … combined for 199 yards on 32 carries in the final four games of the season. 2023 | Redshirt Freshman MVFC All-Newcomer Team honoree … one of 14 redshirt freshmen who competed for the Coyotes … played in eight of the final nine games of the season and was the starting running back in both NCAA playoff games … Coyotes’ second-leading rusher with 78 carries for 473 yards and five touchdowns … also caught 10 passes for 50 yards … ran 13 times for 80 yards and two touchdowns in his collegiate debut and a win against Murray State (Oct. 7) … second career carry went for an 8-yard score … also ran in from 10 yards out against the Racers … broke the game open at Indiana State with an 81-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter of a 17-3 win against the Sycamores (Oct. 21) … play turned out to be the Coyotes’ longest from scrimmage during the season … had four carries for a team-best 107 yards in that game and was named MVFC Newcomer of the Week … ran 13 times for a season-best 123 yards in the NCAA playoff win against Sacramento State (Dec. 2) ... MVFC Honor Roll member. 2022 | Freshman Competed in three of the final four games of the season, mainly on special teams ... remains eligible to redshirt … MVFC Honor Roll member. In The News Mitchell Daily Republic (April 14, 2025) Prep Record-breaking back who ran for 1,260 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior ... selected to compete in the Cure Classic Senior Football All-Star Game ... also ran track for the Knights ... dad, Charles, played football at FAU and has an uncle who competed at USF. Personal Son of Charles and Melissa … studying kinesiology and sport management at USD.