Mercer Bears
FCS
Southern Conference · MER
Team Vitals
+3.6
power · 2026 · #100 D1
+4.5 / -0.9
off / def (higher = better)
9–3
2025 record
100
roster (2025)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | Wk 1 | East Texas A&M FCS | HOME | Mercer 73% |
| 2026-09-05 | Wk 1 | Presbyterian FCS | HOME | Mercer 57% |
| 2026-09-12 | Wk 2 | Furman FCS | HOME | Mercer 72% |
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Georgia Tech FBS | AWAY | Georgia Tech 65% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Abilene Christian FCS | AWAY | Abilene Christian 55% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | VMI FCS | AWAY | Mercer 75% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Western Carolina FCS | HOME | Mercer 64% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Samford FCS | AWAY | Mercer 74% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | The Citadel FCS | HOME | Mercer 68% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Chattanooga FCS | AWAY | Mercer 62% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Tennessee Tech FCS | AWAY | Tennessee Tech 54% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | East Tennessee State FCS | HOME | Mercer 61% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | The Citadel @ | W | 38–0 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Wofford vs | W | 22–21 |
| 2025-08-30 | 2025 | Wk 1 | Presbyterian vs | L | 10–15 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
None reported.
Player grades 2025 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). 2025 is the last season played, so these describe that team, not this year's. OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2025 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Miller | RB | 83 | #26 | 12 | 953 rush yds · 14 TD · 26 rec |
| Adjatay Dabbs | WR | 78 | #86 | 11 | 45 rec · 856 yds · 8 TD |
| Brayden Smith | WR | 74 | #134 | 12 | 61 rec · 734 yds · 7 TD |
| Reice Griffith | K | 74 | #29 | 11 | 14 FG · 54 XP · 96 pts |
| Adonis McDaniel | WR | 71 | #210 | 12 | 52 rec · 676 yds · 6 TD |
| John McConnell | P | 70 | #31 | 12 | 49 punts · 45.1 yd avg |
| Malik Simmons | TE | 68 | #107 | 6 | 11 rec · 129 yds · 4 TD |
| Xavier Jennings team-inferred | OL | 67 | #78 | 1 | — |
| Braden Atkinson | QB | 67 | #129 | 11 | 3,611 pass yds · 34 TD · 11 INT |
| Dan Hicks | DL | 66 | #372 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Kendall Harris | WR | 65 | #428 | 10 | 37 rec · 478 yds · 3 TD |
| Donovan Watkins | DB | 65 | #541 | 4 | 7 tkl · 3 PD · 2 INT |
| Julian Fox | LB | 62 | #414 | 4 | 18 tkl · 2.5 TFL |
| Tommy Bliss | DB | 62 | #669 | 4 | 11 tkl · 2 INT |
| Drew Clare | LB | 62 | #417 | 3 | 17 tkl · 2.0 TFL |
| Isaac Prince | LB | 60 | #514 | 3 | 8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL |
| Andrew Zock | DL | 60 | #676 | 3 | 8 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Samuel Albee | TE | 59 | #252 | 6 | 9 rec · 131 yds · 2 TD |
| Kaleb Hutchinson | DB | 58 | #1007 | 5 | 8 tkl · 3 INT |
| Juwan Johnson | DB | 58 | #1014 | 1 | 5 tkl |
| Javarius George | WR | 57 | #837 | 2 | 5 rec · 30 yds · 1 TD |
| Myles Weston | DB | 57 | #1073 | 1 | 1 INT |
| Kobe McInnis | DL | 56 | #946 | 2 | 4 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Micah Bell | RB | 55 | #730 | 6 | 218 rush yds · 5 rec |
| Myles Dixon | DL | 55 | #1002 | 1 | 2 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Jordan Swain | DL | 55 | #1001 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Billy Martin | RB | 54 | #787 | 2 | 82 rush yds |
| Carmelo O'neal | DB | 54 | #1334 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1 PD |
| KJ Thomas | DB | 54 | #1335 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1 PD |
| Carlos Benjamin | RB | 51 | #923 | 3 | 61 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Marius Landsfeld | DL | 51 | #1265 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Ty Doughty | WR | 50 | #1265 | 8 | 11 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD |
| Mac Bradley | LB | 47 | #1163 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Justin Gilbert | DL | 45 | #1671 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Apollos Cook | TE | 45 | #582 | 4 | 6 rec · 68 yds |
| Travion Solomon | WR | 43 | #1786 | 6 | 13 rec · 141 yds |
| DJ Smith | QB | 42 | #695 | 3 | 161 pass yds · 1 TD · 1 INT |
| Tyrell Coard | RB | 41 | #1448 | 9 | 168 rush yds · 7 rec |
| Camauri Simmons | WR | 40 | #1917 | 2 | 2 rec · 23 yds |
| Kody Arnold | P | 40 | #239 | 1 | 1 punts · 35.0 yd avg |