Week 5 · 2026
Mercer at VMI
Sat 10/03/2026 01:30 PMAlumni Memorial FieldConference
50°Light Rain6 mph E · 98% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
Mercer
54
7–2
VMI
3
0–9
Attendance
—
not yet reported
MercerMER
VMIVMI
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Jaylen King | 14/23 | 202 | 8.8 | 1 | 1 |
| MER | JP Pickles | 3/4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 |
| MER | Adrian Parker | 1/3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 |
| VMI | Ian Reynolds | 3/10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Chandler Wilson | 1/1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Zahmari Palode-Gary | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 1 | 64 |
| MER | Karlise Price | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 1 | 52 |
| MER | JP Pickles | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 1 | 27 |
| MER | Billy Martin | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | 11 |
| MER | Micah Bell | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 25 |
| MER | Devon Caldwell | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 13 |
| MER | Jaylen King | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 15 |
| MER | Adrian Parker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| MER | Cam Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| MER | Eric Rasheed | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Aslin Shipe | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 19 |
| VMI | Leo Boehling | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 7 |
| VMI | Cole Varner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| VMI | Trevin Simon | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 |
| VMI | Traveion Slaughter | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 |
| VMI | Kam Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| VMI | Zander Lewis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| VMI | Drew Parrott | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Ian Reynolds | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | 5 |
| VMI | Chandler Wilson | 7 | -14 | -2.0 | 0 | 2 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Brayden Smith | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 36 |
| MER | Mykel Calixte | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 1 | 40 |
| MER | Kaden Hanson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | 23 |
| MER | Eric Rasheed | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 23 |
| MER | Travion Solomon | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 17 |
| MER | Jackson Kostmayer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 12 |
| MER | Asa Gregg | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| MER | Devon Caldwell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| MER | Zachary Lowe | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| VMI | Cade Cox | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 |
| VMI | Traveion Slaughter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| VMI | Brooks Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Devon Caldwell | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Brandon Gunn | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Jyarius Carter | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Marquis Williams | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Sam Martin Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Antonio Butts Jr. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Ean Johnson-Kelley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Aiden Holewski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Evin McDowell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Jeremy Richardson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Mac Bradley | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Mike Polke | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | CJ Favors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Cameron Goggins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Emmanuel Lane | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Justin Ferguson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Kobe McInnis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Shareef Jackson | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Batu Subasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Brayden Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Jayvyn Fraziars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Kehinde Akintunde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Nigel Gay | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | Ronin Dangler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Nic Land | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Ethan Haston | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Isaiah Grevious | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Robert Powell | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | EJ Wilborne | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Steven Riveros | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Keegan Guyton | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Camden Clinton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Erick Roman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Henry Berling | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Jacob Moore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | David Czapp | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Matthias Corbin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Nathan Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Rod Tasco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Ashton Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| VMI | Ayden Babich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Baylor Necessary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Camron Watkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Carson Gue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Elijah Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Ellis Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Jack Joyce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Landon Snyder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Louis Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Phoenix Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Quinn Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Ryan McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VMI | Terry Dorsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMI | Terry Dorsey | 1 | -2 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Simon Zeidan | 4/4 | 100.0 | 39 | 6/6 | 18 |
| VMI | Jack Joyce | 1/1 | 100.0 | 49 | 0/0 | 3 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Senin Seymour | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| VMI | Ben Shrewsbury | 9 | 364 | 40.4 | 1 | 2 | 54 |
| VMI | William Lees | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Sam Martin Jr. | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 0 | 68 |
| MER | Aiden Holewski | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MER | Brayden Smith | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 0 | 42 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Mercer
VMI 2–8 vs Mercer
- 2025 · wk 9VMI 0 @ Mercer 62
- 2024 · wk 11Mercer 34 @ VMI 0
- 2023 · wk 5VMI 3 @ Mercer 38
- 2022 · wk 9Mercer 55 @ VMI 14
- 2021 · wk 7VMI 45 @ Mercer 7
- 2019 · wk 8VMI 27 @ Mercer 34
- 2018 · wk 5Mercer 48 @ VMI 38
- 2017 · wk 5VMI 14 @ Mercer 49
- 2016 · wk 5Mercer 33 @ VMI 30
- 2015 · wk 8VMI 28 @ Mercer 21
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