East Texas A&M @ Mercer, Week 0 · 2026
Sat, Aug 29, 2026Five Star Stadium at the Moye ComplexMacon, GA
The Story
Mercer beats East Texas A&M 23–15.
SeriesMercer leads 1–0
ClosingClosing Mercer −22.5 · O/U 57.5 · final margin 8East Texas A&M covered · Under hit
BOX SCORE
Week 0 · 2026| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Mercer | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
PLAYER STATS
Week 0 · 2026Passing
| East Texas A&METAM | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Rodriguez | 15/31 | 232 | 7.5 | 1 | 3 |
| MercerMercer | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen King | 15/28 | 177 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| East Texas A&METAM | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJ Oakmon | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 0 | 24 |
| Quay Middlebrooks | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 1 | 15 |
| Eric Rodriguez | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | 24 |
| Micah Simpson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jordon Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 151 | 3.9 | 1 | 24 |
| MercerMercer | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zahmari Palode-Gary | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 0 | 62 |
| Jaylen King | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | 12 |
| Javious Bond | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 10 |
| Micah Bell | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Devon Caldwell | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Eric Rasheed | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 175 | 4.9 | 0 | 62 |
Receiving
| East Texas A&METAM | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Simpson | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 1 | 48 |
| Sean Sallis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 23 |
| Andrez Lewis | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 16 |
| EJ Oakmon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 232 | 15.5 | 1 | 48 |
| MercerMercer | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Smith | 9 | 131 | 14.6 | 0 | 47 |
| Travion Solomon | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Jackson Kostmayer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 |
| Eric Rasheed | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Javious Bond | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 177 | 11.8 | 1 | 47 |
Interceptions
| MercerMercer | INT | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Goggins | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| Mike Polke | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Justin Ferguson | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 73 | 1 |
Kick Returns
| East Texas A&METAM | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Simpson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| MercerMercer | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javious Bond | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Kicking
| East Texas A&METAM | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozlo Rigby | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| MercerMercer | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Zeidan | 3/3 | 100.0 | 55 | 2/2 | 11 |
Punting
| East Texas A&METAM | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Mehan | 8 | 334 | 41.8 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| MercerMercer | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senin Seymour | 7 | 268 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
Defense
| East Texas A&METAM | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orion Kupu | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tramar Gilbert | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamari Mosley | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley York Jr. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duncan Parham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elijah Hughes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Spruiells | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Nuhi-Yandall | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Kupu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kai Baugh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salehe Koonooka-Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samarion George | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Gray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erron Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dakari Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kemani Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Hare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachary Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quay Middlebrooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| MercerMercer | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Ferguson | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Moore | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe McInnis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jyarius Carter | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Favors | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Polke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brantley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ke'Vion Wellington | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Richardson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kehinde Akintunde | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Goggins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javious Bond | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Gay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shareef Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ean Johnson-Kelley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Gunn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Mcdowell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Bradley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 68 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Mercer vs East Texas A&M Team StatsMercer vs ETAM Team Stats
Week 0 · 2026| MercerMER | East Texas A&METAM | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1ST DOWNS | 15 |
| 3-15 | 3RD DOWN | 5-17 |
| 1-1 | 4TH DOWN | 1-3 |
| 352 | TOTAL YDS | 383 |
| 177 | PASS YDS | 232 |
| 15-28 | COMP/ATT | 15-31 |
| 6.3 | YDS/PASS | 7.5 |
| 175 | RUSH YDS | 151 |
| 36 | RUSH ATT | 39 |
| 4.9 | YDS/RUSH | 3.9 |
| 5-29 | PENALTIES | 7-45 |
| 0 | TURNOVERS | 3 |
| 0 | FUMBLES LOST | 0 |
| 0 | INT THROWN | 3 |
| 29:46 | POSSESSION | 30:14 |
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