Jayice "J. C." Pearson (born August 17, 1963 in Oceanside, California

Oceanside, California

-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Oceanside had a population of 167,086. The population density was 3,961.8 people per square mile...

) is a retired National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 defensive back

Defensive back

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.

Professional career

Pearson played for the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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 and Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

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 between 1986 and 1993.

Sportscasting career

Pearson began broadcasting NFL games since 2003 after spending several years calling college football for ESPN Plus

ESPN Plus

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, often paired with Chris Marlowe

Chris Marlowe

Christian "Chris" Marlowe is a former volleyball standout and current professional American sportscaster based in Denver, Colorado....

 on Mountain West Conference

Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...

 games. Pearson worked for Fox

NFL on FOX

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, calling games as one of the lower tier broadcast teams. He eventually became a regular middle-tier broadcaster in 2005, working alongside Curt Menefee

Curt Menefee

Curt Menefee , is an American sportscaster who is the host of the Fox network's NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. His co-hosts are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan....

 and later Matt Vasgersian

Matt Vasgersian

Matt Vasgersian is an American sportscaster and television host. Vasgersian is a host for the MLB Network and has served as an announcer for NBC Sports' coverage of the Olympics, and on Fox Sports' MLB coverage...

.

Pearson left Fox following the 2008 season to return to ESPN to call college football

ESPN College Football

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 games on ESPN2

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 and ESPN

ESPN

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 with Dave Lamont

Dave Lamont

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. In 2010, Pearson did the air analysis for college football games on Fox Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

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. On Dec. 26, 2010 he did the Little Caesars Bowl between Florida International and Toledo.