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Jersey Number 9
Von Pearson
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 183
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newport News, Va.
- High School:
- Denbigh
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Receptions - 8 vs. South Carolina, 11/7/15
- Receiving Yards - 121 vs. South Carolina, 11/7/15
- Touchdowns - 2 vs. Kentucky, 11/15/14 & vs. Vanderbilt, 11/28/15
2015 - SENIOR
Photo Gallery- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/8
- Senior in second year with the Vols, played in all 13 games with eight starts in 2015
- Led team in catches (38) and receiving yards (409) with three touchdowns
- Over final six games had 28 catches
- In Outback Bowl win over Northwestern (1/1), made two catches for 32 yards
- On Senior Day, scored two receiving touchdowns (17 and five yards) in making three catches for 40 yards vs. Vanderbilt (11/28)
- Seven catches for 28 yards in win at Missouri (11/21)
- Three catches for 24 yards vs. North Texas (11/14)
- Best game as a Vol vs. South Carolina (11/7) with highs of eight catches for 121 yards (most yards by a UT receiver since 2012) with a 37-yard touchdown reception
- Season-best five catches for 37 yards at Kentucky (10/31)
- Two catches for 15 yards at #8 Alabama (10/24)
- Two receptions for 25 yards vs. #19 Georgia (10/10)
- Three catches for 30 yards vs. Arkansas (10/3)
- Opened 2015 season with two catches for 48 yards, including a 45-yard catch, longest of the game vs. Bowling Green (9/5)
2014 - JUNIOR
Photo Gallery- 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 11/8
- 23-year old junior starting receiver in first year with Vols
- Played in 11 games, starting eight games making 38 catches for 393 yards with team-high five receiving touchdowns
- Second on team both catches and receiving yards
- Career-high seven catches for career-best 75 yards in 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl win over Iowa (1/2); scored a 19-yard receiving touchdown just prior to halftime, putting Vols ahead 35-7
- Three catches for 12 yards in win at Vanderbilt (11/29)
- Three catches for 42 yards vs. #19 Missouri (11/22)
- First multi-touchdown game (21, 16 yards) as part of three catches for 44 yards in win over Kentucky (11/15)
- Four catches for 55 yards at South Carolina (11/1)
- Second touchdown came vs. #4 Alabama (10/25) on a 9-yard reception as part of three catches for 21 yards
- Made first start since game two at #3 Ole Miss (10/18 and made five catches for 26 yards
- Made two catches for 14 yards vs. Chattanooga (10/11)
- Returned to action vs. Florida (10/4), making one 6-yard catch
- Did not travel to games at Oklahoma (9/13) and Georgia (9/27), due to ankle injury
- Four catches for 71 yards prior to injury vs. Arkansas State (9/6), including 56-yard reception
- Scored first FBS touchdown on a 14-yard catch vs. Utah State (8/31), finished with three catches for 27 yards as he was one of 32 to make Vols debut vs. Utah State
- Earned a spot on SportsCenter #SCTop10 for an amazing one-handed catch during spring ball on March 14
AT FEATHER RIVER COLLEGE (CALIF.)
- Starred at Feather River College in Quincy, Calif., for coach J.D. Johnson
- Rated four-star by 247Sports (No. 4 overall prospect, No. 2 wide receiver, No. 2 prospect in California)
- Rated four-star by ESPN (No. 2 overall prospect, No. 2 wide receiver)
- Rated four-star by Rivals
- Rated four-star by Scout
- Earned California Community College Football Coaches Association First Team All-America Honors
- CCCFCA All-California Most Valuable Player
- Offensive MVP of the Mid-Empire Conference
- Named First Team All-Conference in the Mid-Empire Conference in 2012 and 2013
- Posted national-leading 93 receptions for 1,601 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2013
- Had more than 200 receiving yards in a game on five occasions, including single-game totals of 311, 237, 235, 222 and 201
- Racked up career-best and school records with 311 receiving yards on 19 receptions with three touchdowns vs. Sierra (9/14/13)
- Holds or shares every Feather River receiving record, including single-season receptions (93), career receptions (132), single-season receiving yards (1,601), career receiving yards (2,358), single-season touchdowns (12) and career touchdowns (22)
- In 2012, had 39 catches for 757 yards and 10 touchdowns
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played at Denbigh High School in Newport News, Va., for coach Tracy Harrod, graduating in 2010
- Earned First Team All-Peninsula honors as a receiver and second-team as a defensive back in his senior year
- Named Daily Press Offensive All-Star as a senior in 2009
- Led area receivers with 50 receptions for 880 yards and seven touchdowns
- Honored with All-District accolades in 2009
- Played basketball with the Patriots
PERSONAL
- Full Name: LaVon Terrell Pearson
- Born: June 23, 1991
- Son of Jessie Lewis
- Majoring in Sociology
- Recipient of the Jim & Natalie Haslam Athletic Scholarship
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