Buck Pierce
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |
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| Date of birth | November 15, 1981 |
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| Place of birth | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | QB |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| College | New Mexico State |
| High school | Crescent City (CA) Del Norte |
| Hand | Right |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 2014–2015 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (RB) |
| 2016–present | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (QB) |
| As player | |
| 2005–2009 | BC Lions |
| 2010–2013 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 2013 | BC Lions |
Buck James Pierce (born November 15, 1981) is the quarterbacks coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and a retired professional quarterback who played nine seasons for the BC Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He spent the first five years of his career with the Lions before signing with the Blue Bombers for the 2010 CFL season. During the 2013 CFL season, he rejoined the Lions again, after the Blue Bombers traded him for Akeem Foster. He played in two Grey Cup games, winning a championship in 2006. He played college football at New Mexico State from 2001–2004, starting at quarterback for most of his senior year.
Pierce and his wife live in Winnipeg where he also owns a barbeque restaurant (closed down in March 2015). The Bombers announced via Twitter on April 1, 2015 that he and his wife welcomed a baby girl Bailey Kae Pierce.
The son of Tim and Connie Pierce, he attended Del Norte High School, in Crescent City, California. He was a three-year starter at Del Norte, guiding the Warriors to a 16-4 record as a junior and senior.
He passed for 2,225 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior in 1999, earning Big 5 Conference Most Valuable Player honors for the second consecutive season. He broke the school’s single-season and career records for both passing yardage and passing TD’s in 1999. Buck threw for 2,010 yards and 19 TD’s as a junior in 1998 and 1,180 yards and 10 TD’s as a sophomore in 1997.
He was voted to the Times Standard North Coast California All-Century team. He qualified for North State meet as a long jumper, leaping better than 22 feet as a junior. He also led DNHS to a pair of league titles as a starting guard on the basketball squad.
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