J. C. Pearson

J. C. Pearson
Date of birth: August 17, 1963 (1963-08-17) (age 48)
Place of birth: Oceanside, California
Career information
Position(s): DB
College: Washington
NFL Draft: 1986 / Round:
Organizations
 As player:
1986-1992
1993
Kansas City Chiefs
Minnesota Vikings
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Jayice "J. C." Pearson (born August 17, 1963 in Oceanside, California) is a retired National Football League defensive back.

College career

Pearson played for the University of Washington

Professional career

Pearson played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings between 1986 and 1993.

Sportscasting career

Pearson began broadcasting NFL games since 2003 after spending several years calling college football for ESPN Plus, often paired with Chris Marlowe on Mountain West Conference games. Pearson worked for Fox, calling games as one of the lower tier broadcast teams. He eventually became a regular middle-tier broadcaster in 2005, working alongside Curt Menefee and later Matt Vasgersian.

Pearson left Fox following the 2008 season to return to ESPN to call college football games on ESPN2 and ESPN with Dave Lamont. In 2010, Pearson did the air analysis for college football games on Fox Sports Net. On Dec. 26, 2010 he did the Little Caesars Bowl between Florida International and Toledo.