No. 18Mercer Bears

4-2

YES!

Mercer Bears beat the VMI Keydets

Ranked #18 · 4-2 54 – 3

0-6

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Game Details

Foster Stadium (Lexington) · 3,031 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Mercer rolls up 658 yards offense on way to 54-3 victory over winless VMI

Mercer quarterbacks Jaylen King, JP Pickles and Adrian Parker all threw touchdown passes and the Bears rolled past winless VMI 54-3 on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:12 Simon Zeidan makes 39-yard field goal

0:30 Terry Dorsey picks off Mercer Bears

0:13 Jack Joyce makes 49-yard field goal

0:30 JP Pickles throws 3-yard TD pass to Jackson Kostmayer

Clips play on ESPN

Foster Stadium · Lexington

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MER	10	17	10	17	54
VMI	3	0	0	0	3

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Game Leaders

Mercer Bears

Jaylen King · 14/23, 202 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Zahmari Palode-Gary · 10 CAR, 130 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Brayden Smith · 3 REC, 58 YDSReceiving Yards
Shareef Jackson · 1Sacks
Sam Martin Jr. · 5Tackles

VMI Keydets

Ian Reynolds · 3/10, 33 YDSPassing Yards
Aslin Shipe · 7 CAR, 37 YDSRushing Yards
Cade Cox · 2 REC, 20 YDSReceiving Yards
Jacob Moore · 1Sacks
Nic Land · 13Tackles

2026 Southern Conference Standings

Team
East Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
Chattanooga
Wofford
Furman
Mercer
Western Carolina
Samford
The Citadel
VMI

Scoring

Q4 6:24

TD Karlise Price 52 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)54–3

Q4 8:45

FG Simon Zeidan 23 Yd Field Goal 47–3

Q4 14:48

TD Kaden Hanson 20 Yd pass from Adrian Parker (Simon Zeidan Kick)44–3

Q3 6:42

TD JP Pickles 5 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)37–3

Q3 9:59

FG Simon Zeidan 28 Yd Field Goal 30–3

Q2 0:14

TD Kel Calixte 40 Yd pass from Jaylen King (Simon Zeidan Kick)27–3

Q2 1:48

TD Zahmari Palode-Gary 64 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)20–3

Q2 3:55

FG Simon Zeidan 36 Yd Field Goal 13–3

Q1 0:00

TD Jackson Kostmayer 3 Yd pass from JP Pickles (Simon Zeidan Kick)10–3

Q1 4:15

FG Jack Joyce 49 Yd Field Goal 3–3

Q1 13:12

FG Simon Zeidan 39 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

Mercer BearsVMI Keydets

Offense

658 Total Yards 102

256 Passing Yards 41

402 Rushing Yards 61

28 First Downs 8

Efficiency

6-15 3rd Down 3-15

3-3 4th Down 0-0

18/30 Completions 4/11

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 0

7-63 Penalties 4-20

31:45 Possession 28:15

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Jaylen King	14/23	202	8.8	1	1
JP Pickles	3/4	34	8.5	1	0
Adrian Parker	1/3	20	6.7	1	0
Team	18/30	256	8.5	3	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Zahmari Palode-Gary	10	130	13.0	1	64
Karlise Price	7	82	11.7	1	52
JP Pickles	6	66	11.0	1	27
Micah Bell	3	34	11.3	0	25
Billy Martin	6	34	5.7	0	11
Devon Caldwell	7	26	3.7	0	13
Jaylen King	5	25	5.0	0	15
Adrian Parker	1	4	4.0	0	4
Cam Hill	1	2	2.0	0	2
Eric Rasheed	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	47	402	8.6	3	64

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Brayden Smith	3	58	19.3	0	36
Kel Calixte	2	46	23.0	1	40
Kaden Hanson	2	43	21.5	1	23
Eric Rasheed	3	40	13.3	0	23
Travion Solomon	3	27	9.0	0	17
Jackson Kostmayer	2	15	7.5	1	12
Asa Gregg	1	12	12.0	0	12
Devon Caldwell	1	12	12.0	0	12
Zachary Lowe	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	18	256	14.2	3	40

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Devon Caldwell	2	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR
Jyarius Carter	5	3	0	0	1
Marquis Williams	5	3	0	2.5	1
Sam Martin Jr.	5	2	0	0.5	0
Brandon Gunn	5	2	0	0	0
Antonio Butts Jr.	4	2	0	1	0
Ean Johnson-Kelley	4	0	0.5	1	0
Mike Polke	3	3	0	1	0
Jeremy Richardson	3	2	0	1	0
Evin McDowell	3	2	0	0	0
Aiden Holewski	3	1	0.5	1	0
Mac Bradley	3	0	0	0.5	0
Emmanuel Lane	2	2	0	2	0
Shareef Jackson	2	1	1	1.5	0
Cameron Goggins	2	1	0	0	0
Justin Ferguson	2	1	0	0.5	0
Kobe McInnis	2	1	0	0	0
CJ Favors	2	0	0	0	0
Brayden Smith	1	1	0	0	0
Jayvyn Fraziars	1	1	0	0	0
Kehinde Akintunde	1	1	0	0	0
Nigel Gay	1	0	0	0.5	0
Ronin Dangler	1	0	0	0	1
Batu Subasi	1	0	0	0	0
Team	61	29	2	13	3

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Sam Martin Jr.	1	68	68.0	68
Aiden Holewski	1	7	7.0	7
Team	2	75	37.5	68

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Brayden Smith	5	75	15.0	42	0
Team	5	75	15.0	42	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Simon Zeidan	4/4	100.0	39	6/6	18
Team	4/4	100.0	39	6/6	18

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Senin Seymour	1	34	34.0	0	1	34
Team	1	34	34.0	0	1	34

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG
Ian Reynolds	3/10	33	3.3
Chandler Wilson	1/1	8	8.0
Team	4/11	41	3.7

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Aslin Shipe	7	37	5.3	19
Leo Boehling	9	22	2.4	7
Cole Varner	1	16	16.0	16
Trevin Simon	4	7	1.8	4
Traveion Slaughter	6	3	0.5	4
Kam Johnson	1	1	1.0	1
Zander Lewis	1	1	1.0	1
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0
Ian Reynolds	4	-5	-1.3	5
Drew Parrott	1	-5	-5.0	0
Chandler Wilson	7	-14	-2.0	2
Team	42	61	1.5	19

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cade Cox	2	20	10.0	12
Traveion Slaughter	1	12	12.0	12
Brooks Martin	1	9	9.0	9
Team	4	41	10.3	12

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Nic Land	13	9	0	0	0	0
Ethan Haston	7	5	0	0	0	0
Robert Powell	7	4	0	1	0	0
Isaiah Grevious	7	3	0	0	0	0
EJ Wilborne	6	2	0	0	0	0
Steven Riveros	5	2	0	0	0	0
Keegan Guyton	4	3	0	0.5	0	0
Henry Berling	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jacob Moore	3	1	1	1	0	0
Camden Clinton	3	1	0	0	0	0
Erick Roman	3	1	0	0	0	0
Rod Tasco	2	1	0	0	0	1
Matthias Corbin	2	1	0	0	0	0
Nathan Jackson	2	1	0	0	0	0
David Czapp	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Joyce	1	1	0	0	0	0
Camron Watkins	1	1	0	0	0	0
Landon Snyder	1	1	0	0	0	0
Terry Dorsey	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ayden Babich	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phoenix Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ashton Dixon	1	0	0	0	1	0
Baylor Necessary	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carson Gue	1	0	0	0	0	0
Louis Parker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Quinn Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ellis Daniels	1	0	0	0.5	0	1
Team	83	41	1	3	1	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Terry Dorsey	1	-2	0
Team	1	-2	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jack Joyce	1/1	100.0	49	0/0	3
Team	1/1	100.0	49	0/0	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ben Shrewsbury	9	364	40.4	1	2	54
William Lees	1	37	37.0	0	0	37
Team	10	401	40.1	1	2	54

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