Overview
- Pearce returned Monday to the Falcons' Flowery Branch facility for a physical and is expected to attend the team's three-day mandatory minicamp this week.
- Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski said Pearce will do weight-room work and individual drills but will not take part in full team-period drills during minicamp.
- Pearce entered a judge‑supervised pretrial diversion program in April that requires therapy, no contact with Rickea Jackson, and drug testing and could allow him to seek dismissal of the felony charges if he complies.
- The NFL is conducting a separate review under its personal conduct policy and has not announced any disciplinary decision or timeline.
- Pearce was a 2025 first-round pick who led the team with 10.5 sacks as a rookie, a status that heightens the Falcons' challenge of balancing on-field needs, locker-room reintegration, and public-relations risk.