De'Mornay Pierson-El

De'Mornay Pierson-El (born December 26, 1995) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Nebraska.

De'Mornay Pierson-El
Free agent
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1995-12-26) December 26, 1995
Alexandria, Virginia
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:West Potomac High School
College:Nebraska
Undrafted:2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at CFL.ca

High school career

During his four years as an athlete for the West Potomac varsity football team, Pierson-El helped the Wolverines capture a share of the 2011 Patriot District championship as a sophomore receiver, led the team to a playoff berth as a junior running back in 2012, and kept West Potomac competitive as a senior quarterback in 2013. He also played defensive back and returned kicks along the way. As a senior, he earned first-team VHSL all-state honors as an all-purpose defensive player.

College career

Pierson-El was a versatile and electrifying performer for Nebraska throughout his Cornhusker career. A Virginia native, Pierson-El burst onto the scene in 2014 earning All-America honors as a punt returner as a true freshman. He continued to be a difference-maker on special teams throughout his career, while also producing an outstanding Nebraska career as a receiver.

Statistics
SeasonReceivingRushingSpecial Teams
RecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDPRKRTD
2014 2332114.0464 5102.060 34–59610–1473
2015 121119.3191 3-9-3.000 4–480–00
2016 2025412.7401 14342.490 24–1680–00
2017 4562312.4365 32311.5120 5–130–00
Total 1001,30912.14611 25582.4120 67–82510–1473
Reference:[1]

Professional career

Pierson-El was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2018, but was waived later that month.[2][3]

He then signed with the Montreal Alouettes but was cut in August after only dressing for one game.

He later joined the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football for the 2019 season.[4]

After the AAF suspended football operations, Pierson-El signed with the Oakland Raiders on April 8, 2019.[5] He was waived on August 31, 2019.[6] He was re-signed to the practice squad on December 4, 2019.[7] His practice squad contract with the team expired on January 6, 2020.[8]

Pierson-El was drafted by the St. Louis BattleHawks in the 2020 XFL Draft on October 16, 2019.[9] He signed a contract with the team on January 7, 2020.[10] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[11]

Pierson-El re-signed with the Las Vegas Raiders on April 30, 2020.[12] He was waived on September 5, 2020.[13] He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 30, 2020.[14] He was released on October 21.[15]

References
  1. "De'Mornay Pierson-El]. Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. Czarda, Stephen (May 2, 2018). "Redskins Sign 13 College Free Agents". Redskins.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. Czarda, Stephen (May 30, 2018). "Redskins Sign Tight End Garrett Hudson". Redskins.com.
  4. Genessy, Jody (January 30, 2019). "Salt Lake Stallions' first roster includes 17 players from BYU, Utah and Utah State". Deseret News. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  5. Smith, Tyler J. (April 8, 2019). "Raiders dip into AAF pool again, sign WR De'Mornay Pierson-El". Silver And Black Pride. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  6. "Raiders announce transactions - 8.31.19". Raiders.com. August 31, 2019.
  7. "Raiders have three new practice squad players". Raiders Wire. USA Today. December 4, 2019.
  8. @HBalzer721 (January 7, 2020). "Raiders practice-squad contracts expired Monday: RB James Butler; LB Te'von Coney; CB Dylan Mabin (then signed to future contract); WR De'Mornay Pierson-El" (Tweet). Retrieved January 9, 2020 – via Twitter.
  9. https://www.xfl.com/en-US/articles/phase-1-skill-players-draft-tracker
  10. "XFL Transactions". XFL.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  11. Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  12. "Raiders re-sign wide receiver De'Mornay Pierson-El". Raiders.com. April 30, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  13. "Raiders announce transactions for initial 53-man roster". Raiders.com. September 5, 2020.
  14. @Raiders (September 30, 2020). "Marcus Mariota has returned to practice and we have signed De'Mornay Pierson-El to the practice squad. In a corresponding move, we have released DeShone Kizer from the practice squad" (Tweet). Retrieved October 9, 2020 – via Twitter.
  15. Dubow, Josh (October 21, 2020). "Raiders send starting O-line home after Trent Brown's COVID test". Boston.com. Retrieved November 1, 2020.


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