2022 Mercer Bears football team

2022 Mercer Bears football
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 24
FCS Coaches	No. 21
Record	7–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Drew Cronic (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Bodine (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joel Taylor (3rd season)
Home stadium	Moye Complex

2022 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 7 Samford $^		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 10 Furman ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 23 Chattanooga		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 24 Mercer		5	–	3					7	–	4
Western Carolina		4	–	4					6	–	5
Wofford		3	–	5					3	–	8
The Citadel		3	–	5					4	–	7
East Tennessee State		1	–	7					3	–	8
VMI		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by third-year head coach Drew Cronic and played their home games at Moye Complex in Macon, Georgia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	7:00 p.m.	Morehead State*	No. 23	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 63–13	9,027
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at Auburn*	No. 23	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	SECN+/ESPN+	L 16–42	84,562
September 17	6:00 p.m.	The Citadel	No. 20	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN3	W 17–0	11,339
September 24	6:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb*	No. 17	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN+	W 45–14	4,750
October 1	1:30 p.m.	at Wofford	No. 13	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+	W 42–7	4,087
October 8	4:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 12	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 49–6	10,927
October 15	4:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State	No. 12	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 55–33	10,002
October 22	1:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Chattanooga	No. 11	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 21–41	9,092
October 29	1:30 p.m.	at VMI	No. 16	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	ESPN+	W 55–14	5,133
November 12	3:00 p.m.	No. 13 Furman	No. 14	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	L 13–23	11,729
November 19	1:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Samford	No. 19	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	L 44–50 2OT	6,033
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Morehead State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	10	3	0	13
No. 23 Bears	14	28	14	7	63

See also: 2022 Morehead State Eagles football team

At Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Bears	0	7	0	9	16
Tigers	14	14	14	0	42

See also: 2022 Auburn Tigers football team

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Citadel Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
No. 20 Bears	0	0	14	3	17

See also: 2022 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

At Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Bears	21	7	7	10	45
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2022 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

At Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Bears	14	7	14	7	42
Terriers	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2022 Wofford Terriers football team

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	0	0	6	0	6
No. 12 Bears	21	21	0	7	49

See also: 2022 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	3	17	6	7	33
No. 12 Bears	14	14	7	20	55

See also: 2022 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

At No. 10 Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Bears	0	14	7	0	21
No. 10 Mocs	17	10	7	7	41

See also: 2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team

At VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Bears	7	24	14	10	55
Keydets	0	0	14	0	14

See also: 2022 VMI Keydets football team

No. 13 Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Paladins	3	7	10	3	23
No. 14 Bears	0	7	0	6	13

See also: 2022 Furman Paladins football team

At No. 9 Samford

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
No. 19 Bears	17	0	3	17	7	0	44
No. 9 Samford Bulldogs	14	6	7	10	7	6	50

See also: 2022 Samford Bulldogs football team

Roster

2022 Mercer Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Devron Harper Jr RB 2 Austin Douglas  So QB 4 Fred Payton Sr RB 5 Al Wooten II So QB 7 Carter Peevy So RB 8 Brandon Marshall  So WR 10 Parker Wroble So RB 12 Fred Jackson  Sr WR 13 Ty James  So WR 16 Trey Adkins  Sr QB 17 Daniel Shoch Fr QB 19 Chad Kearns Fr RB 21 Tayshaun Shipp Jr WR 23 Travion Solomon Fr RB 27 Jacob Walker  Fr WR 29 Xavier Brantley Fr RB 33 Tylan Johnson Fr RB 35 Langston White  Fr RB 36 Justin Coleman So RB 37 CJ Miller Fr OL 50 Cedric Richardson Fr OL 57 Jose Gonzalez Fr OL 58 Tyzen Wilkerson  Fr OL 59 Clay Baker  So OL 63 Eli Edwards Fr OL 64 Riley Adcock So OL 66 Riley Bell Fr OL 67 Hunter Brozio So OL 68 Ni Mansell  Jr OL 70 Santo DeFranco  Sr OL 71 Israel Mukwiza  So OL 72 Caleb Carter Fr OL 73 John Thomas Jr OL 76 Nash Jensen  So OL 77 Mac Johnson Jr OL 78 Peyton Bumpers  Fr OL 79 Ari Kamau So TE 81 Andrew Lane Fr TE 82 Andrew May  So TE 83 Drake Starks  Sr WR 84 Nate Boehm  Fr TE 85 Sawyer Burt Fr TE 86 Luke Szabados  Jr TE 88 Baxley O’Brien Fr OL - Jason Berko Fr OL - Justin Brett Fr RB - Jamell Coast Fr OL - Elijah Heald Fr OL - Jackson Favors Fr OL - Tim Maddox  Fr WR - Mikeal Sullivan Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 0 Lance Wise Jr LB 3 Isaac Dowling So CB 6 Cam Sims  So CB 9 Michael Campbell  Sr EDGE 11 Solomon Zubairu Sr S 14 Chris Joines Fr LB 15 Ken Standley  So CB 18 Corey Barnes So S 20 Richie Coffey Sr S 22 Shi’heem Watkins  Sr LB 24 Danijah Gammage  Sr CB 25 TJ Moore So S 26 Khay Loyd Fr S 28 Kenyatta Ward Jr CB 30 Kaleb Frost Fr CB 31 Myles Weston Fr S 32 Josh Pickett Fr S 34 Myles Redding So S 38 Juwan Johnson Fr S 39 John Stegenga  Fr KAT 40 Isaiah Washburn Fr LB 41 Zach Hopkins Sr KAT 42 Christian Hanson Fr KAT 43 Myles Jones  Fr KAT 44 Marcus Christian Fr S 45 Tommy Bliss Fr LB 46 Isaac Prince Fr LB 47 Tommy Pollack  Fr S 48 Mic Wasson Fr LB 49 Chris Taylor  Jr LB 51 Drew Clare Fr DL 52 Richard Benton Jr.  Jr KAT 53 Royce Izundu  So LB 55 Marques Thomas So DL 56 Carson Griffin Jr DL 60 Joshua Williams  Fr DL 61 Pierce Vickery  Fr DL 87 Will Pounds  Sr DL 90 Emil Hovde  Fr DL 91 Jordan Swain So KAT 92 Barrett Schmidlkofer Fr DL 94 Savio Frazier So DL 95 Robert Johnson  Fr DL 96 Arias Nash Fr DL 98 Chris Hill  So DL 99 Caden Camese Fr S - Nate Brooks Fr LB - Peyton Cromwell Fr CB - Tucker Mix Fr LB - Tripp Slaton Fr DL - Ricky Stever Fr LB - Tucker Wilson Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 62 Joe Miller Fr LS/WR 80 Reid Brass  So P 89 Ian Garcia Fr K 93 Devin Folser Sr P/K 97 Trey Turk So K - Bryce Addison Fr K - Christian Cole Fr	Head coach Drew Cronic (head coach) Coordinators/assistant coaches David A. Cole (Associate head coach / Cornerbacks / special teams coordinator) Bob Bodine (offensive coordinator / offensive line) Joel Taylor (defensive coordinator / linebackers) Fred Jones (Run Game Coordinator / running backs) Mike Adams (defensive pass game coordinator / safeties) Sumner Ellis (KATS / defensive recruiting coordinator) La'Donte Harris (Pass Game Coordinator / wide receivers) Jimmy Long (defensive run game coordinator / defensive line) Kevin O'Brien (Tight Ends / offensive recruiting coordinator) David Salmon (Quarterbacks / video coordinator) Daniel Dieudonne (volunteer assistant – defense) Markerious Bolden (analyst – defense) Evan Barr (director of strength and conditioning) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 24 September 2022