The case
Alabama explicitly says he passed on the NFL Draft to return; Bednarik watch-list selection.
LB · Alabama · Senior
Yhonzae Pierre
CHROME AUTOPAPER AUTO
PPG72.9OVERALL#51LB#24-GAME FORM57.1LATEST GAME56.0
CHROME PROSPECTBCP-5Chrome auto · BCPA-YP
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PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
The decision to return and defensive recognition make him a priority. A school endorsement is not a multi-source professional projection.
The production
2025: 52 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks and nine quarterback hurries across 15 games and 12 starts.
Latest game
The cited profile provides the dated observations above; a complete current-season statistical line is not yet verified.
NEXT CHECK
Obtain the next game’s pressures, sacks and run-defense usage before scoring current production.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 2 autograph appearances · 0 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-5 | Alabama® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Yhonzae Pierre BPP-5 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-5 | Alabama® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Yhonzae Pierre BCP-5 |
| CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BCPA-YP | Alabama® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Yhonzae Pierre BCPA-YP |
| PAPER PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BPPA-YP | Alabama® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Yhonzae Pierre BPPA-YP |
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RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
Alabama; LB; Senior; 6-4; 251 lb.
Source 1: Alabama: Yhonzae Pierre official profile / research ↗- school
- Alabama (verified)
- position
- LB (verified)
- class
- Senior (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 6-4 / 251 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- Unanimous four-star high-school recruit, reported by Alabama. (partial)
- 2026 statistics
- See explicitly dated profile observations; complete current-season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Obtain the next game’s pressures, sacks and run-defense usage before scoring current production. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 72.9 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 80medium | 14.5 TFL, eight sacks and nine quarterback hurries support repeated disruption; 12 starts in 15 games support substantial responsibility, with mature class and four-star pedigree.Source 1: Alabama: Yhonzae Pierre official profile / research ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 55medium | 14.5 TFL, eight sacks and nine quarterback hurries support repeated disruption; 12 starts in 15 games support substantial responsibility, with mature class and four-star pedigree.Source 1: Alabama: Yhonzae Pierre official profile / research ↗ |
| role | 15% | 80medium | 14.5 TFL, eight sacks and nine quarterback hurries support repeated disruption; 12 starts in 15 games support substantial responsibility, with mature class and four-star pedigree.Source 1: Alabama: Yhonzae Pierre official profile / research ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 70medium | 14.5 TFL, eight sacks and nine quarterback hurries support repeated disruption; 12 starts in 15 games support substantial responsibility, with mature class and four-star pedigree.Source 1: Alabama: Yhonzae Pierre official profile / research ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history72.9 PPG · 8 checks · unchanged
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | 72.9 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 30 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | 72.9 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 30 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | 72.9 | -4.5 / Not measured / Not measured | 34 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | 72.9 | -4.5 / Not measured / Not measured | 34 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 72.9 | -4.5 / Not measured / Not measured | 51 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 3 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- Alabama: Yhonzae Pierre official profile / research ↗ · Alabama · checked 2026-09-22
- ESPN: Yhonzae Pierre vs. Florida State Seminoles ↗ · ESPN · checked 2026-09-23