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
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Southern Conference football standings
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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

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Game summaries

Morehead State

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

At Auburn

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

The Citadel

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

At Gardner–Webb

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

At Wofford

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

Western Carolina

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

East Tennessee State

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

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

At VMI

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

No. 13 Furman

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

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

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

References

^ "2022 Mercer Bears Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
^ "2022 Football Schedule". Mercer Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2022.

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