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  10/14/26 - JP Pickles, Jr/2028, Mercer, 6-1, 215 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  10/12 WEEK 6 SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JP Pickles, Sr., QB, Mercer, Tallahassee, Fla.,...Pickles had 218 all-purpose yards for Mercer in the Bears' 17-14 comeback win against Western Carolina on Saturday. The senior came in off the bench to throw for 132 yards, completing 12-of-15 passes and running for 86 yards on 21 carries. The product of Tallahassee, Florida, threw two touchdown passes in the contest, including a 63-yard go-ahead score in the fourth quarter. On the team's final drive, Pickles led the squad down the field on an eight-play 50-yard drive in under 90 seconds, setting up the game-winning field goal as time expired. Other nominees: TJ Peyton (ETSU), Kevin Lalin (Chattanooga), Lex Thomas (Western Carolina), and Gerald Modest, Jr. (Wofford). - SoCon Football

(DS#999 QB) Jr/2028 QB JP Pickles, Mercer
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  10/14/26 - Simon Zeidan, So/2029, Mercer, 6-1, 200 (DS#999 K) + More +

  10/05 WEEK 5 SOCON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Simon Zeidan, So., PK, Mercer, Kennesaw, Ga.,...Zeidan went 4-for-4 on field goals and connected on all six PAT attempts in Mercer's 54-3 road win over VMI. The native of Kennesaw, Georgia, finished with 18 points in the contest, breaking a school record for points by a kicker. The sophomore's field goals came from 39, 36, 38 and 23 yards out. Zeidan also averaged 63.7 yards on 11 kickoffs, including eight that resulted in touchbacks. Other nominees: Evan Kiely (The Citadel), Luke Stewart (ETSU), Carter Brown (Tennessee Tech), Bryan McCollum (Western Carolina), and Connor Deviney (Wofford). - SoCon Football

(DS#999 K) So/2029 K Simon Zeidan, Mercer
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  09/01/26 - Cameron Goggins, rJr/2028, Mercer, 6-1, 195 (DS#999 CB) + More +

  AUG 31/WEEK 0 SOCON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cameron Goggins, Sr., CB, Mercer, Hampton, Ga.,...Goggins recorded three tackles (two solo) and returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown as Mercer defeated East Texas A&M, 23-15, on Saturday. The product of Hampton, Georgia, logged his score with 15 seconds left in the opening half, putting the Bears ahead 23-0 before the break. The senior's touchdown proved to be the game-winning score for Mercer in the contest. Other nominees: Dre Delinois (ETSU), Eli Lipscomb (Furman), Jalen Nelson (Samford), Kam Baah-Slay (Chattanooga), Joshua Collins (Western Carolina) and Wyatt Ward (Wofford). - SoCon Football

(DS#999 CB) rJr/2028 CB Cameron Goggins, Mercer
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  08/29/26 - Cameron Goggins, rJr/2028, Mercer, 6-1, 195 (DS#999 CB) + More +

  Jaylen King threw for a touchdown and Cameron Goggins had an interception return for a touchdown and Mercer held off East Texas A&M 23-15 in a season opener on Saturday night. The Bears enter the season ranked 21st in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 poll. Simon Zeidan opened the scoring with a 55-yard field goal to put Mercer up 3-0. Before the end of the first, King threw a 12-yard touchdown to Jackson Kostmayer for a 10-0 lead. Zeidan added field goals of 21 and 33 yards to extend the lead to 16-0 with 30 seconds before halftime.

Fifteen seconds later, Eric Rodriguez threw a 38-yard pick-6 to Goggins for a 23-point lead. The Lions got on the scoreboard when Rodriguez threw a 48-yard touchdown to Micah Simpson with 2:01 left in the third. They closed to within 23-15 when Quay Middlebrooks ended an 80-yard drive running into the end zone from the 9. Rodriguez ran it in for the two-point conversion. East Texas A&M turned it over on downs with 35 seconds, when on 4th-and-goal at the Mercer 9, Rodriguez threw high over the head of wide open Jake Whitehead and the Bears killed the clock. Simpson caught nine passes for 165 yards and a touchdown for the Lions. - AP College Football

(DS#999 CB) rJr/2028 CB Cameron Goggins, Mercer
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  09/23/25 - Simon Zeidan, So/2029, Mercer, 6-1, 200 (DS#999 K) + More +

  WEEK 2 UNITED ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: A freshman kicker for the Wolves, West Georgia's Simon Zeidan went 2-for-2 on field goals, connecting on kicks from 39 and 46 yards while also being a 4-for-4 on PAT attempts. He accounted for 10 points in UWG's upset win over a ranked Nicholls State team. In his kickoff duties, Ziedan racked up six touchbacks on seven kickoffs while averaging 64.3 yards per kick. - United Athletic Conference Football

(DS#999 K) So/2029 K Simon Zeidan, Mercer
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  09/03/24 - Brayden Smith, Sr/2027, Mercer, 5-09, 185 (DS#113 WR) + More +

  WEEK 1 FCS NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brayden Smith, Mercer, WR/Returns, So., 5-10, 210, Macon, Georgia,...Mercer lost key playmakers after last season, but Smith proved to be a solution in the Southern Conference squad's 63-10 win over Presbyterian. He returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown; had three kickoff returns for 69 yards; caught three passes for 83 yards, including a 68-yard TD; and had an 11-yard rush. His 238 all-purpose yards marked the FCS Week 1 high. Honorable Mention: DC Pippin, PK, Southeast Missouri; Jeff Yurk, P, Elon. - Stats Perform FCS

(DS#113 WR) Sr/2027 WR Brayden Smith, Mercer
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  08/29/24 - DJ Smith, Sr/2026, Mercer, 6-2, 200 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  D.J. Smith accounted for four touchdowns and threw for 320 yards and Mercer took charge early in a 63-10 win over Presbyterian in the season opener for both teams on Thursday night. Dwayne Mcgee ran it from the 3 on Mercer's first drive for a 7-0 lead. Following a Blue Hose field goal, Smith helped lead an eight-play, 62-yard drive that ended with his 13-yard scoring pass to Kelin Parsons and a 14-3 lead. Smith - who threw three touchdowns and ran for one - plunged in from the 1 for a 21-3 lead midway through the second quarter.

The Bears scored two touchdowns in each of the first three quarters and posted three TDs in the fourth. Smith threw a 68-yard touchdown to Brayden Smith and connected on a 9-yarder with Tyrell Coard for a 42-3 advantage. Smith's lone punt return was a 75-yard touchdown and the game's final score with 1:39 remaining. Mercer collected 500 yards on offense and went 8 for 11 on third down conversions. Presbyterian scored its touchdown when Ty Englehart threw a 24-yard pass to Cincere Gill to reduce the deficit to 42-10 before the end of the third. Engelhart threw for 141 yards and was intercepted twice. - AP College Football

(DS#999 QB) Sr/2026 QB DJ Smith, Mercer
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  11/22/22 - Ty James, Sr/2024, Mercer, 6-0, 199 (DS#50 WR) + More +

  NOV 21 SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ty James, R-So., WR, Mercer, Conyers, Ga.,...Mercer wide receiver Ty James had a record-setting day in the Bears' 50-44, double-overtime setback at No. 9/9 Samford on Saturday. The redshirt sophomore from Conyers, Georgia, had a career-high 13 catches for a school-record 351 yards, the most in an NCAA game this season and surpassing his own program standard of 224 set last season. James also erased a SoCon record that had stood since 2004, shattering the previous mark of 280 yards. James, who added 13 yards on one carry, also set a program record with 364 all-purpose yards on the afternoon, good for fourth in a game in SoCon history, while his two touchdown catches pushed his season total to 13, yet another program record and tied for eighth in a season in SoCon history. Other nominees: Tyler Huff (Furman), Michael Hiers (Samford), Sam Phillips (Chattanooga), Chance Knox (VMI), TJ Jones (Western Carolina) and Jimmy Weirick (Wofford). - SoCon Football

(DS#50 WR) Sr/2024 WR Ty James, Mercer
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  11/18/22 - Tavion McCarthy, Sr/2024, Mercer, 5-09, 180 (DS#999 CB) + More +

  2022 ALL-GLIAC SECOND TEAM: DB Tavion McCarthy, Northern Michigan, Jr.,...Defensive back Tavion McCarthy had 34 solo tackles and 23 assists fot 57 total tackles with a team high four interceptions and 12 pass break-ups. - Northern Michigan Football

(DS#999 CB) Sr/2024 CB Tavion McCarthy, Mercer
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  11/11/22 - Devron Harper, rSr/2024, Mercer, 5-08, 160 (DS#92 WR) + More +

  OCT 31 SOCON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Devron Harper, Jr., WR, Mercer, Conyers, Ga.,...Mercer wide receiver Devron Harper had a school-record 293 all-purpose yards as the Bears rolled to a 55-14 win at VMI on Saturday. The highlight of the day for the junior from Conyers, Georgia, was his 87-yard punt return for a touchdown, the second-longest punt return in program history, to open the scoring in the first quarter. Harper finished the day with a school-record 126 yards on four punt returns (31.5 yards per return) and had two kickoff returns for 65 yards (32.5 yards per return). Harper also added 22 yards rushing on four carries and 80 receiving yards on seven catches to surpass the prior school record for all-purpose yardage by 17 yards. Other nominees: Colby Kintner (The Citadel), Tyler Keltner (ETSU), Jack Barton (Furman), Zach Williams (Samford) and Bridger Jones (Wofford). - SoCon Football

(DS#92 WR) rSr/2024 WR Devron Harper, Mercer
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  10/29/22 - Fred Payton, rSr/2023, Mercer, 6-1, 210 (DS#34 QB) + More +

  Fred Payton threw four touchdown passes, CJ Miller had 105 yards rushing and Mercer rolled to a 55-14 victory over VMI on Saturday. Payton finished 17-of-24 passing with a pair of scoring throws in each half. Miller had just 12 carries that included a 4-yard touchdown run. Brandon Marshall added 77 yards rushing with a 2-yard TD run. Devron Harper opened the scoring for the Bears with an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown with about five minutes left in the first quarter. Mercer (7-2, 5-1) which entered with the top offense in the Southern Conference, put up 540 yards of offense against VMI (1-7, 0-5), which is last in the conference in scoring defense. Korey Bridy ran in for two scores from short yardage for the Keydets. - Mercer/AP College Football

(DS#34 QB) rSr/2023 QB Fred Payton, Mercer
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  10/18/22 - Michael Campbell, rSr/2023, Mercer, 5-11, 181 (DS#184 CB) + More +

  OCT 17 SOCON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michael Campbell, Gr., CB, Mercer, Darien, Ga.,...Mercer cornerback Michael Campbell had two tackles and his first career game with multiple interceptions as the Bears downed defending SoCon champion ETSU 55-33 on Saturday. The graduate student from Darien, Georgia, intercepted his first pass of the day in the second quarter, giving the Bears the ball at their own 21-yard line. Mercer would cash in for a touchdown on the following play to make it a 28-10. After picking up both of his tackles on the same drive in the fourth quarter, Campbell found the end zone himself with a 41-yard interception return for a touchdown with just 1:47 left in the contest to salt the game away. Other nominees: Hasan Black (The Citadel), Chris Hope (ETSU), Jay Person (Chattanooga), Va Lealaimatafao (Western Carolina) and David Powers (Wofford). - SoCon Football

(DS#184 CB) rSr/2023 CB Michael Campbell, Mercer
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  10/15/22 - Fred Payton, rSr/2023, Mercer, 6-1, 210 (DS#34 QB) + More +

  Fred Payton threw five touchdown passes and Mercer rolled up 577 yards on offense in a 55-33 victory over East Tennessee State on Saturday. Payton threw four TD passes in the first half as the Bears built a 28-10 lead in the second quarter on the way to a 28-20 halftime lead. ETSU closed to within five points twice in the second half, only to be thwarted each time. With Mercer leading 28-23 midway through the third quarter, Devron Harper scored on a 48-yard run for the Bears. Early in the fourth, Mercer led 38-33 before Payton threw his fifth TD pass - 31 yards to Ty James - for a 45-33 lead. After a Mercer field goal, Mike Campbell's 41-yard interception return for a touchdown capped the scoring for the No. 12 FCS Bears (6-1, 4-0 Southern Conference).

Payton completed 23 of 35 passes for 383 yards with the five touchdowns and one interception. James had seven receptions for 120 yards with two touchdowns. Drake Starks scored on both of his receptions totaling 25 yards and Brandon Marshall caught three passes for 110 yards. Tyler Riddell was 20-of-35 passing for 206 yards with one touchdown for ETSU (3-4, 1-4). The Buccaneers were 4-of-18 converting third down but perfect in five tries on fourth down. Tyler Keltner made four field goals in five tries. - Mercer/AP College Football

(DS#34 QB) rSr/2023 QB Fred Payton, Mercer
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  10/14/22 - Isaac Dowling, Sr/2025, Mercer, 5-09, 225 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

  OCT 10 SOCON OCT 10 SOCON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Isaac Dowling, So., LB, Mercer, Snellville, Ga.,...Mercer linebacker Isaac Dowling totaled seven tackles (three solo) and his first two career interceptions as the Bears downed Western Carolina 49-6 Saturday. The sophomore from Snellville, Georgia, counted 1.5 tackles for loss among his seven stops and helped hold Western Carolina's high-powered offense to just two third-quarter field goals and a season-low 249 yards of total offense. The Catamounts entered the contest ninth in FCS in scoring offense at 39.2 points per game and second in the FCS in total offense at 549.8. Both of Dowling's interceptions came in the second quarter and stopped Catamount drives near midfield. Other nominees: Hasan Black (The Citadel), Rodney Wright (ETSU), Braden Gilby (Furman), Nathan East (Samford), Samaurie Dukes (Western Carolina) and Harrison Morgan (Wofford). - SoCon Football

(DS#999 ILB) Sr/2025 ILB Isaac Dowling, Mercer
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  10/08/22 - Fred Payton, rSr/2023, Mercer, 6-1, 210 (DS#34 QB) + More +

  Fred Payton threw three touchdowns passes and Mercer held the Southern Conference's top-scoring team to a pair of field goals in the Bears' 49-6 win over Western Carolina on Saturday. The Catamounts (3-3, 1-2) came in as the nation's second-best producing offense at 549.8 yards per game but Mercer, with the conference's best defense and 11th in the country, outgained Western Carolina 520-249. Payton was 16-of-22 passing for 247 yards and ran for 48 more. Payton has 16 TD passes without an interception this season. Devron Harper made six catches for 94 yards and a score. Two Catamount quarterbacks combined for 175 yards passing with four interceptions, two made by the Bears' Isaac Dowling, while Western Carolina was held to 74 yards on 31 carries. Payton had a 15-yard TD pass to Drake Starks and scoring throws of 9 yards to Brandon Marshall and 46 to Harper in building a 42-0 halftime lead for the FCS 12th-ranked Bears. - AP College Football

(DS#34 QB) rSr/2023 QB Fred Payton, Mercer
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