Week 11 · 2025
Mercer at Western Carolina
Sat 11/08/2025 02:30 PME. J. Whitmire StadiumConference
68°Fair9 mph W · 48% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Mercer
49
9–3
Western Carolina
47
7–5
Attendance
14,510
reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2025, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
MERQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB2Braden Atkinson1yr3,611 Pass yds34 TD11 Int65.8 Cmp%9 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB1DJ Smith1yr161 Pass yds1 TD1 Int60.5 Cmp%58 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB19JP Pickles ← UTEP2yr61 Pass yds0 TD1 Int62.5 Cmp%80 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB12Jake Wilson ← Purdue3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB16Jake Maxwell1yr
WCUQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
- 33-star recruitQB5Taron Dickens3yr3,508 Pass yds38 TD2 Int74.2 Cmp%321 Rush yds
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB17Bennett Judy3yr420 Pass yds3 TD2 Int60.2 Cmp%-17 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB11Isaac Lee1yr279 Pass yds2 TD2 Int57.4 Cmp%145 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12Jack Benson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB—Ian Grissom1yr
MEROffensive lineNo blue chips16
- —No recruiting profile foundOL54Justin Brett2yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL62Jamari Freeman2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Xavier Jennings2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL50Darrian King ← Samford2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL73Kurt Armstrong1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Amarii Atchison1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL76William Cotney1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Denver Degonia1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Michael Horton1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL60Gavin Marks1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Blake Martin ← Coastal Carolina1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL57Tyler Murray1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Luke Schultz1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL67Pierson Sears1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL63Kelan Washington1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL64Garrett Weisgerber1yr
WCUDefensive lineNo blue chips19
- —No recruiting profile foundDE30Richard Garrett2yr1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDE34Jordan Martin-Durham1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE2Micah Nelson3yrcareer 6 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE1Caleb Fisher5yrcareer 4 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE99Jordan Cardentey1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE19Cain Jefferson1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL10Justin Wallace2yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL14Vanier Baptiste III1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL92Brandon Joseph II1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL96Jeremy Johnson II1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL30Jaden Meeks1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL33Gavin Rowell1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL99Adrian Stone1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT45Sean Morris3yr1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT8Jahleel Anderson2yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT91Jackson Banks2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT97Caleb Bradford2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT98Jackson Hensley1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT90Jamichael Wilson1yr
MERDefensive lineNo blue chips13
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDE0Andrew Zock2yr2 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDE15Kobe McInnis1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE90Aiden Holewski1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL1Dan Hicks1yr3 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL53Justin Gilbert2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL55Ean Johnson-Kelley1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL91Jordan Swain4yrcareer 12 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL54Ke'Vion Wellington2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL94Marius Landsfeld ← Liberty3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Tucker Wilson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL11Myles Dixon1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL11Delano Marcelus1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT99Caden Camese3yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
WCUOffensive lineNo blue chips18
- 33-star recruitOL77Ilija Krajnovic ← Boston College4yr
- 33-star recruitOL69Cole Cooke1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL78Evan Carney2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL58Brett Gray2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL51Aaron Sanez2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL55Secrea Algie1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78J'veon Bush1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Elijah Collins1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Aidan Cooper1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Nicholas Foster1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Dale Greene1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL67Steven Hamby1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77John Hammond1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL64Konrad Henderson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Vito Moriana-Sigel1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL51Manasseh Ripert1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Renard Smith1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL53Zach Watson1yr
MERBacks & tight endsNo blue chips12
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB22CJ Miller3yr168 Car953 Rush yds14 TD5.7 Rush avg26 Rec314 Rec yds12.1 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitRB1Ty Doughty1yr66 Car332 Rush yds2 TD5.0 Rush avg11 Rec133 Rec yds12.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB27Micah Bell4yr46 Car218 Rush yds0 TD4.7 Rush avg5 Rec31 Rec yds6.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Tyrell Coard3yr33 Car168 Rush yds0 TD5.1 Rush avg7 Rec45 Rec yds6.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB39Billy Martin2yr13 Car82 Rush yds0 TD6.3 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB20Carlos Benjamin1yr9 Car61 Rush yds1 TD6.8 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB4Autavius Ison3yrcareer 225 Car959 Rush yds4 TD4.3 Rush avg13 Rec108 Rec yds8.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE18Samuel Albee3yr9 Rec131 Rec yds2 TD14.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE14Malik Simmons1yr11 Rec129 Rec yds4 TD11.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE85Sawyer Burt4yr1 Rec0 Rec yds0 TD0.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Ty Everson2yrcareer 2 Rec18 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87Cooper Berry1yr
WCULinebackersNo blue chips13
- 33-star recruitLB8Ryan McKinnis ← App State3yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB5Hayward McQueen Jr.4yr3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB18Jordan Thompson ← Middle Tennessee3yr3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB15Hank Bodine1yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB40Kenyon Partridge2yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB17Armond Anderson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB0Blue Monroe4yrcareer 3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB3Joshua Collins2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB43Braeden Barger1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB35Trey Berry III1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB49Bryce Hart1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB46Nolan McClanahan1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB41Beady Waddell V1yr
MERLinebackersNo blue chips10
- —No recruiting profile foundLB51Drew Clare4yr7 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB19Isaac Prince4yr5 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB10Julian Fox1yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB34Mac Bradley1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33Antonio Butts Jr.1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Mic Wasson4yrcareer 6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB7Brayden Dudley5yrcareer 3 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitLB14Ethan McDowell ← Miami (OH)3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB52Wyatt Hester1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB28Rafael Little1yr
WCUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips15
- 33-star recruitRB1Patrick Boyd Jr.3yr90 Car420 Rush yds1 TD4.7 Rush avg34 Rec322 Rec yds9.5 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB28Markel Townsend2yr70 Car322 Rush yds6 TD4.6 Rush avg26 Rec173 Rec yds6.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB2Branson Adams5yr38 Car147 Rush yds1 TD3.9 Rush avg12 Rec95 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Camury Reid3yr49 Car134 Rush yds4 TD2.7 Rush avg10 Rec174 Rec yds17.4 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB3Josh Perry1yr10 Car39 Rush yds0 TD3.9 Rush avg2 Rec7 Rec yds3.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB24Anthony Benjamin3yr3 Car21 Rush yds0 TD7.0 Rush avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB8Marlin Cochran3yrcareer 55 Car191 Rush yds1 TD3.5 Rush avg13 Rec117 Rec yds9.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB21Jaiden Bond3yrcareer 1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Noah Best1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE15Josiah Thomas1yr28 Rec228 Rec yds3 TD8.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE86Brayden Blackmon3yr27 Rec213 Rec yds2 TD7.9 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE85David Hulbert1yr7 Rec30 Rec yds1 TD4.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE9Bode Burns1yr1 Rec23 Rec yds0 TD23.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE44Isaac McLellan3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Cole Craddock1yr
MERReceiversNo blue chips12
- —No recruiting profile foundWR3Adjatay Dabbs2yr45 Rec856 Rec yds8 TD19.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR9Brayden Smith3yr61 Rec734 Rec yds7 TD12.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1Adonis McDaniel1yr52 Rec676 Rec yds6 TD13.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Kendall Harris2yr37 Rec478 Rec yds3 TD12.9 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1Travion Solomon3yr13 Rec141 Rec yds0 TD10.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR3Apollos Cook3yr6 Rec68 Rec yds0 TD11.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Trenton Jones1yr5 Rec44 Rec yds0 TD8.8 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR5Javarius George2yr5 Rec30 Rec yds1 TD6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Camauri Simmons1yr2 Rec23 Rec yds0 TD11.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82Cole Shaw2yrcareer 2 Rec8 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Zachary Lowe1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR13Braylon Stewart1yr
WCUDefensive backsNo blue chips25
- 33-star recruitCB9Darian Anderson Jr.3yr4 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB21Cam'Ron Dabney ← Northern Illinois5yr1 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB26Devin Brown1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundCB7Marseille Taylor1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundCB31Don Robinson III2yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedCB6Jayden Cornelius1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB28Chris Hobbs1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB38Canden McGill1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB29Christian Robbins1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB19Cam Smith1yr
- 33-star recruitDB1Ken Moore Jr.4yr3 Tackles0 PD3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB22Jeno Junius Jr.1yr3 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB20Bo Simpson-Nealy2yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB12Hasaan Sykes1yr1 Tackles0 PD3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB36Ja'morri Downing2yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDB21Nassor Ashenafi1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS3Samaurie Dukes4yr5 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS19Zayveon Wells2yr3 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS2Na'koma Simpson-Nealy1yr2 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS7Ed Jones IV3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS16Jhamari Pierre-Louis2yr1 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS33Lee Campbell4yrcareer 7 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS26Trevaughn Martinez1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS32AJ Mintze1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS12Julian Quintero1yr
MERDefensive backsNo blue chips22
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedCB8KJ Thomas1yr3 Tackles1 PD
- 22-star recruitCB25Ronald Cooper ← Georgia State5yrcareer 27 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB21Fabian Scott ← Florida Atlantic3yrcareer 10 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB29Evan Taylor2yr
- 22-star recruitCB6Kims Pierre1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB26Tucker Mix2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB23Sam Connell1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB25Buck Cooper1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB23Roman Douthit1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB18Justin Ferguson1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDB28Carmelo O'Neal2yr3 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB32Myles Weston3yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS12Tommy Bliss4yr7 Tackles0 PD2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS13Juwan Johnson4yr5 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS4Donovan Watkins3yr2 Tackles1 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitS17Kaleb Hutchinson4yr1 Tackles0 PD3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS16Christian Davis3yrcareer 3 Tackles0 PD
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedS31Jayvyn Fraziars1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS22Carter Kermott1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS20Ryan McNally1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedS13Mike Polke1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS32Kai Reyes1yr
WCUReceiversNo blue chips18
- —No recruiting profile foundWR16James Tyre2yr68 Rec832 Rec yds11 TD12.2 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR18Malik Knight3yr47 Rec774 Rec yds7 TD16.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR5Michael Rossin1yr22 Rec462 Rec yds6 TD21.0 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR4Dominic Dutton4yr25 Rec314 Rec yds2 TD12.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Painter Richards-Baker4yr20 Rec276 Rec yds2 TD13.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR0Jaylin Terzado3yr8 Rec168 Rec yds1 TD21.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR6Marcus Striggles1yr11 Rec136 Rec yds1 TD12.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Trey Walker1yr3 Rec35 Rec yds1 TD11.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1Jai Boyd2yr2 Rec21 Rec yds1 TD10.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Richard Hollis1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR0AJ Colombo4yrcareer 94 Rec1,040 Rec yds10 TD11.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR81Ca'Lique Cunningham3yrcareer 1 Rec17 Rec yds1 TD17.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR4Kha'leal Sterling1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR89Ellis Chappell1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Austin Cunningham1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR87Eli Griffin1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR18Matthew Keener1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Jemarious Reaves1yr
MERKickersNo blue chips4
- —No recruiting profile foundPK93Reice Griffith3yr14 FG16 FGA51 Long96 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK36Bryce Addison2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK35Cole Allbaugh1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK92Sully Croker1yr
WCUKickersNo blue chips3
- —No recruiting profile foundPK96Christian Lowery4yr2 FG2 FGA29 Long12 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK60Bryan McCollum1yr2 FG2 FGA29 Long12 Pts
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK61Marcus Trout1yr4 FG7 FGA44 Long59 Pts
MERPuntersNo blue chips4
- 22-star recruitP19John McConnell5yr49 Punts45.1 Avg22 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP97Kody Arnold2yr1 Punts35.0 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP89Ian Garcia3yrcareer 15 Punts37.3 Avg1 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP47Markus Meincke1yr
WCUPuntersNo blue chips2
- —No recruiting profile foundP95Stephen Brantley3yr45 Punts45.0 Avg14 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP63Thomas Guerrero1yr
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Western Carolina 2–8 vs Mercer
- 2024 · wk 9Western Carolina 34 @ Mercer 44
- 2023 · wk 9Mercer 45 @ Western Carolina 38
- 2022 · wk 6Western Carolina 6 @ Mercer 49
- 2021 · wk 6Mercer 34 @ Western Carolina 24
- 2019 · wk 1Mercer 49 @ Western Carolina 27
- 2018 · wk 8Western Carolina 46 @ Mercer 59
- 2017 · wk 11Mercer 35 @ Western Carolina 33
- 2016 · wk 7Western Carolina 24 @ Mercer 38
- 2015 · wk 6Mercer 21 @ Western Carolina 24
- 2014 · wk 8Western Carolina 35 @ Mercer 21
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