Mercer Bears
FCS
Southern Conference · MER
Team Vitals
+0.3
power · 2026 · #168 D1
-0.4 / +0.8
off / def (higher = better)
2–1
2026 record
116
roster (2026)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Georgia Tech FBS | AWAY | Georgia Tech 90% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Abilene Christian FCS | AWAY | Abilene Christian 50% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | VMI FCS | AWAY | Mercer 94% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Western Carolina FCS | HOME | Mercer 69% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Samford FCS | AWAY | Mercer 87% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | The Citadel FCS | HOME | Mercer 87% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Chattanooga FCS | AWAY | Mercer 69% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Tennessee Tech FCS | AWAY | Tennessee Tech 71% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | East Tennessee State FCS | HOME | Mercer 68% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Furman vs | L | 13–20 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Presbyterian vs | W | 62–3 |
| 2026-08-29 | 2026 | Wk 1 | East Texas A&M vs | W | 23–15 |
| 2025-12-06 | 2025 | Wk 15 | South Dakota vs | L | 0–47 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Auburn @ | L | 17–62 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Chattanooga vs | W | 63–17 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Western Carolina @ | W | 49–47 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Furman @ | W | 52–28 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | VMI vs | W | 62–0 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Princeton @ | W | 38–14 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Samford vs | W | 45–21 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | East Tennessee State @ | W | 38–34 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 38 | +60 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 434 | 306 | +128 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 428 | 282 | +146 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 | 317 | 311 | +6 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 | 420 | 243 | +177 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 317 | 227 | +90 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 103 | -55 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 | 323 | 425 | -102 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 | 337 | 357 | -20 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 | 270 | 260 | +10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 298 | 318 | -20 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 | 318 | 238 | +80 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Goggins | DB | 80 | #70 | 3 | 8 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT |
| Brayden Smith | WR | 77 | #66 | 3 | 17 rec · 284 yds · 1 TD |
| Jyarius Carter | LB | 76 | #73 | 3 | 23 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Justin Ferguson | DB | 75 | #151 | 3 | 10 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT |
| Ean Johnson-Kelley | DL | 73 | #199 | 3 | 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Kehinde Akintunde | DL | 72 | #222 | 3 | 11 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Nigel Gay | DB | 72 | #213 | 3 | 12 tkl · 3 PD |
| Simon Zeidan | K | 71 | #34 | 3 | 5 FG · 10 XP · 25 pts |
| Kobe McInnis | DL | 71 | #280 | 3 | 12 tkl · 2.5 TFL |
| Travion Solomon | WR | 70 | #182 | 3 | 11 rec · 174 yds · 1 TD |
| Jeremy Richardson | DB | 66 | #436 | 2 | 10 tkl · 2 PD |
| Senin Seymour | P | 65 | #44 | 3 | 14 punts · 41.4 yd avg |
| Marquis Williams | DL | 65 | #535 | 3 | 7 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Ke'Vion Wellington | DL | 64 | #592 | 3 | 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Cam Moore | DL | 64 | #611 | 2 | 9 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Eric Rasheed | WR | 64 | #357 | 3 | 9 rec · 90 yds · 1 TD |
| Zahmari Palode-Gary | RB | 63 | #251 | 3 | 231 rush yds · 1 rec |
| Jaylen King | QB | 63 | #129 | 3 | 609 pass yds · 5 TD · 4 INT |
| Mike Polke | DB | 63 | #590 | 3 | 12 tkl · 1 INT |
| Devon Caldwell | RB | 63 | #268 | 3 | 176 rush yds · 1 TD · 1 rec |
| Aiden Holewski | DL | 62 | #736 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Eric Brantley Jr. | LB | 60 | #456 | 3 | 10 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL |
| Samuel Albee | TE | 60 | #159 | 2 | 3 rec · 14 yds · 1 TD |
| CJ Favors | LB | 59 | #511 | 3 | 14 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Delano Marcelus | DL | 58 | #948 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| Jackson Kostmayer | TE | 56 | #210 | 3 | 2 rec · 22 yds · 1 TD |
| Ronin Dangler | LB | 54 | #736 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| JP Pickles | QB | 53 | #281 | 2 | 36 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT |
| Aaryn Askew | LB | 51 | #865 | 1 | 2 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Jeremy Richardson | DL | 50 | #1698 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Kel Calixte | WR | 49 | #995 | 2 | 1 rec · 12 yds · 1 TD |
| McCord Purdy | WR | 48 | #1076 | 1 | 2 rec · 36 yds |
| Ethan McDowell | LB | 47 | #1099 | 3 | 7 tkl |
| Javious Bond | DB | 46 | #1813 | 3 | 6 tkl |
| Brandon Gunn | DB | 42 | #2141 | 3 | 4 tkl |
| Antonio Butts Jr. | LB | 42 | #1321 | 1 | 2 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Jase Jordan | LB | 42 | #1322 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Micah Bell | RB | 42 | #952 | 1 | 19 rush yds |
| Emmanuel Lane | DB | 39 | #2349 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Shareef Jackson | DB | 38 | #2394 | 1 | 2 tkl |