Trey Pierce is a big guy.

Like most other defensive linemen, the junior is tall, tough and explosive on the field. He’s calculated. He’s intimidating. He’s also one of the most humble guys you’ll ever meet.

In high school, when Pierce wasn’t on the field mowing down players on the opposing O-line, he would open doors for his teachers, help out fellow students who had dropped their lunch or volunteer to help coach Brother Rice High School’s summer football camp — the same one he attended when he was in sixth grade.

As such, in spite of his formidable presence on the gridiron, it was Pierce’s kindness that became his hallmark, with former coaches fondly referring to him as a “gentle giant.”

“He wanted to be great in everything that he did,” former Brother Rice coach Brian Badke told The

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