PISCATAWAY, N.J. – OL Hollin Pierce represents Rutgers football on the list of Burlsworth Trophy nominees announced this week. The Trophy is given to the most outstanding football player who began his career as a walk-on and has shown outstanding performance on the field.

A native of Trenton, New Jersey, Pierce played basketball and football at Trenton Central High School as a junior and senior before lining up on the gridiron during a post-graduate season at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia. He then enrolled at Rutgers in 2020, walking-on to the Scarlet Knights that season.

Pierce made strides in the offseason to earn the Mark Mills Second Effort Award as the most improved offensive player during 2021 spring practice. The offensive lineman took over as the starting right tackle week two in the win at Syracuse and has held the role the past 20 games heading into Saturday's game versus No. 4 Michigan.

Pierce has also achieved in the classroom, being named to the Academic All-Big Ten list last year.

Rutgers is back in action Saturday at SHI Stadium versus the fourth-ranked Wolverines, presented by Horizon. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network and the RWJBarnabas Health Rutgers Sports Network.

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