The B.C. Lions and offensive lineman Andrew Peirson agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2025 season on Thursday. Peirson was scheduled to be a free agent next month.
Andrew Peirson is six foot three and weighs 300 pounds. The 30-year-old from Kingston, Ontario, played two preseason games before he was released on June 2, 2024, and re-signed with the Lions on June 3, 2024.
In 2024, Peirson started 12 games playing multiple positions on the offensive line. B.C.’s offense averaged 24.9 points per game, 364.0 net offense per game, 101 yards per game, 283.3 passing yards per game, 42 touchdowns, and allowed 43 sacks.
In 2023, Peirson played 18 games. B.C.’s offense ranked third in average points (26.1), touchdowns (45), net offense (371.2), first in average passing yards (315.1), nine in average rushing yards (77.3), and sixth in sacks allowed (53).
The B.C. Lions signed Peirson as an undrafted free agent on May 9, 2018. This will be his seventh season with the B.C. Lions playing 65 games, of which 34 were starts.
Collegiately, Peirson played four seasons at Gannon University (2014-17) making 17 tackles (2 solos, 15 assists), 1.5 tackles for loss, and one sack in 29 games for the Golden Knights. In 2016, Gannon’s offensive line ranked fifth among Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) teams and 43rd nationally in rushing yards per game (187.8).
They helped pave the way for a rushing attack that produced a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same game twice along with pass blocking for Zach Phillips, who threw for the eighth-most yards (1,724) in program history. In 2017, Gannon averaged 38.73 points per game, 278.3 rushing yards per game, 187.18 passing yards per game, 465.5 total yards per game, 61 touchdowns, and allowed 16 sacks finishing 5-6 for the season.
