Falcons DE Pearce Jr. Eight-Game Suspension Expanded
The NFL has suspended Falcons edge James Pearce Jr. for eight regular-season games for violating the league's personal conduct policy following a February domestic-violence arrest, a move that leaves Atlanta shorthanded on the edge rush and accelerates contingency plans. The Falcons have already added veteran edge rushers Azeez Ojulari and Samson Ebukam as they navigate Pearce's absence alongside Jalon Walker's season-ending injury and ongoing legal and diversion-program considerations in Pearce's case.
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About Rickea Jackson
Rickea Velece Jackson is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Breeze of Unrivaled. She played college basketball at Tennessee and Mississippi State.
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- basketball player
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 16, 2001