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UC Bearcats receiver Alec Pierce continues to improve after nearly moving to defense

Playing at Indiana University in the third game of the season, the University of Cincinnati football team was trailing by a point at the beginning of the fourth quarter when senior receiver Alec Pierce made his favorite catch of the season.

Pierce, listed at 6-foot-3, 213 pounds, stutter-stepped past the cornerback in front of him before making a move to the outside. Bearcats quarterback Desmond Ridder tossed a fade pass and Pierce leaped at the goal line and snagged his first touchdown of the season with a defender draped across his body, securing the ball as he slid into the back of the end zone.