Tickets2023 Senior Bowl Participant
2022 Unanimous First Team All-American
2022 AAC Defensive Player of the Year
2022 All-AAC First Team
2022 Butkus Award Finalist
2022 Chuck Bednarik Award Finalist
Pro Football Focus' Second-Highest Rated Defensive Player in the Country
2022:
Authored the greatest defensive season ever by a Bearcat in his only season at Cincinnati...First Bearcat ever to earn unanimous All-America accolades - earning recognition from all five NCAA recognized organizations (Walter Camp, Sporting News, FWAA, AFCA, AP)...Totaled 137 tackles, 21.5 TFLs, 10 sacks and three forced fumbles...Ranked No. 6 nationally in tackles, No. 3 in TFLs and No. 10 in sacks...Rated as PFF College's second-highest defensive player and top linebacker...AAC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-League selection...Finalist for Butkus Award (nation's top linebacker) and Bednarik Award (nation's top defensive player)....Capped his career with a season-high 17 tackles in addition to two TFLs, one forced fumble and one sack against Louisville in the 2022 Wasabi Fenway Bowl...Tallied 13 stops against Tulane on Senior Day in Nippert Stadium...Had seven tackles versus ECU and three stops at Temple...Recorded 14 tackles, two TFLs and one sack versus Navy...Registered 11 tackles and 1.5 TFLs at UCF...Terrorized SMU to the tune of nine tackles and two sacks in Dallas...Had seven tackles versus USF...Finished with 12 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup to seal the win on 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard line at Tulsa...
He was named the Bednarik National Player of the Week and the AAC Defensive Player of the Week after tallying 15 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks and three QB hurries against Indiana...He opened the season with 10 tackles, 3.5 TFLs and 1.0 sack at Arkansas...Totaled 11 stops, one TFL and one forced fumble versus Kennesaw State...Made eight tackles, 2.0 TFLs and one sack versus Miami (Ohio) at Paycor Stadium.
Before Cincinnati:
Cincinnati Colerain High School product, Pace starred at Miami (Ohio) for three seasons before reuniting with his younger brother, Deshawn Pace, at UC...Collected Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year accolades in 2021 from Pro Football Focus and All-MAC First Team honors after leading the league and ranking 10th in the nation with 125 tackles...He also famously had an NCAA-record-tying six sacks in a win over Akron in 2019.
2022 Unanimous First Team All-American
2022 AAC Defensive Player of the Year
2022 All-AAC First Team
2022 Butkus Award Finalist
2022 Chuck Bednarik Award Finalist
Pro Football Focus' Second-Highest Rated Defensive Player in the Country
2022:
Authored the greatest defensive season ever by a Bearcat in his only season at Cincinnati...First Bearcat ever to earn unanimous All-America accolades - earning recognition from all five NCAA recognized organizations (Walter Camp, Sporting News, FWAA, AFCA, AP)...Totaled 137 tackles, 21.5 TFLs, 10 sacks and three forced fumbles...Ranked No. 6 nationally in tackles, No. 3 in TFLs and No. 10 in sacks...Rated as PFF College's second-highest defensive player and top linebacker...AAC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-League selection...Finalist for Butkus Award (nation's top linebacker) and Bednarik Award (nation's top defensive player)....Capped his career with a season-high 17 tackles in addition to two TFLs, one forced fumble and one sack against Louisville in the 2022 Wasabi Fenway Bowl...Tallied 13 stops against Tulane on Senior Day in Nippert Stadium...Had seven tackles versus ECU and three stops at Temple...Recorded 14 tackles, two TFLs and one sack versus Navy...Registered 11 tackles and 1.5 TFLs at UCF...Terrorized SMU to the tune of nine tackles and two sacks in Dallas...Had seven tackles versus USF...Finished with 12 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup to seal the win on 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard line at Tulsa...
He was named the Bednarik National Player of the Week and the AAC Defensive Player of the Week after tallying 15 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks and three QB hurries against Indiana...He opened the season with 10 tackles, 3.5 TFLs and 1.0 sack at Arkansas...Totaled 11 stops, one TFL and one forced fumble versus Kennesaw State...Made eight tackles, 2.0 TFLs and one sack versus Miami (Ohio) at Paycor Stadium.
Before Cincinnati:
Cincinnati Colerain High School product, Pace starred at Miami (Ohio) for three seasons before reuniting with his younger brother, Deshawn Pace, at UC...Collected Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year accolades in 2021 from Pro Football Focus and All-MAC First Team honors after leading the league and ranking 10th in the nation with 125 tackles...He also famously had an NCAA-record-tying six sacks in a win over Akron in 2019.