James Pearce Jr. was on the Falcons’ facility on Monday to endure a bodily earlier than the beginning of Atlanta’s obligatory minicamp this week.
The 22-year-old move rusher was not with the workforce for voluntary exercises within the spring as a consequence of off-field points.
The Falcons are holding their minicamp Tuesday-Thursday this week, the ultimate formal workforce gathering earlier than the primary coaching camp below head coach Kevin Stefanski opens subsequent month.
Pearce Jr. entered a pretrial intervention program following felony expenses stemming from a home dispute together with his ex-girlfriend, WNBA participant Rickea Jackson. Earlier than the trial started on three felony expenses in opposition to Pearce for the Feb. 7 incident in Miami, he agreed to phrases of a diversion program in Could.
The court-ordered program spans one yr and passable completion below a decide’s supervision would permit Pearce Jr. to petition to be cleared of all expenses.
Pearce Jr. led the Falcons with 10.5 sacks and 16 quarterback hits. Atlanta traded up within the 2025 first spherical, parting with a first-rounder in 2026, to pick out Pearce twenty sixth general.
–Subject Degree Media
