The 6-foot-2, 180-pound junior quarterback led the Lions to a 10-0 record and the Class AAA state championship this past season. Pearman passed for 2,786 yards and 35 touchdowns with just two interceptions, including 472 yards and six scores through the air in Daniel’s 52-31 win over Camden High in the state final. Pearman passed for multiple scores in nine of his team’s 10 games. A first-year varsity player, he was the WSPA 7 Sports Star of the Year in 2020.
Pearman has maintained a weighted 4.58 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.
The great nephew of former Clemson football coach Danny Ford, Pearman has volunteered locally as part of fundraising campaigns to benefit breast cancer research, and he has donated his time as a youth football coach.