Mercer 11, Georgia Tech 44 · Box Score

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Final · Week 3 · Sat, Sep 19, 2026

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Mercer

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Mercer	0	3	8	0	11
GT	7	17	13	7	44

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The final, key stats and each team's top performer.

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Team stats

MercerFCS		GT
15	First downs	20
290	Total yards	405
102	Passing yards	249
10-14	Comp-Att	15-22
7.3	Yards per pass	11.3
188	Rushing yards	156
46	Rushes	40
4.1	Yards per rush	3.9
4-13	3rd down	2-11
0-0	4th down	2-2
8-75	Penalties-yards	6-59
2	Turnovers	0
1	Fumbles lost	0
1	Interceptions thrown	0
32:42	Time of possession	27:18
1	Sacks	3
2	Tackles for loss	10
1	QB hurries	0
1	Passes defended	0
0	Defensive TDs	0
—	Kick return yards	76
—	Punt return yards	12
0	Passing TDs	3
0	Rushing TDs	3
9	Kicking points	8

Advanced stats

MercerFCS		GT
+0.21	EPA per play	+0.50
48%	Success rate	54%
1.00	Explosiveness	1.23
+0.13	Rushing EPA per play	+0.29
53%	Rushing success rate	52%
+0.29	Passing EPA per play	+0.82
36%	Passing success rate	60%
50%	Standard downs success	61%
42%	Passing downs success	30%
3.32	Line yards per rush	3.59
1.19	Second-level yards	0.96
0.75	Open-field yards	1.44
17%	Stuff rate	12%
50%	Power success	60%
7%	Havoc caused	23%
3	Scoring chances	7
3.00	Points per chance	6.29
Own 23	Avg. starting field position	Own 37
2	Explosive plays	8
1%	Postgame win expectancy	99%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q18:32
Georgia TechTD
Justice Haynes 1 Yd pass from Alberto Mendoza (Aidan Birr Kick)
Drive: 7 plays, 67 yds
0-7
Q213:31
Georgia TechTD
Justice Haynes 1 Yd Run (Aidan Birr Kick)
Drive: 8 plays, 37 yds
0-14
Q28:19
FCS
MercerFG
(08:19) #37 S.Zeidan field goal attempt from 21 yards GOOD (H: #97 K.Arnold, LS: #56 J.Hamilton), clock 08:19
Drive: 11 plays, 71 yds
3-14
Q21:56
Georgia TechFG
(01:59) #33 A.Birr field goal attempt from 32 yards GOOD (H: #47 A.Bacchetta, LS: #50 R.Thomas), clock 01:56
Drive: 15 plays, 61 yds
3-17
Q20:32
Georgia TechTD
Jaiven Plummer 37 Yd pass from Alberto Mendoza (Aidan Birr Kick)
Drive: 2 plays, 60 yds
3-24
Q39:40
FCS
MercerFG
Simon Zeidan 40 Yd Field Goal
Drive: 10 plays, 53 yds
6-24
Q38:20
Georgia TechTD
Cameron Goggins Defensive PAT Conversion
Drive: 3 plays, 65 yds
8-30
Q32:58
FCS
MercerFG
Simon Zeidan 31 Yd Field Goal
Drive: 10 plays, 62 yds
11-30
Q30:55
Georgia TechTD
Debron Gatling 33 Yd pass from Alberto Mendoza (Aidan Birr Kick)
Drive: 5 plays, 52 yds
11-37
Q411:42
Georgia TechTD
Chad Alexander 1 Yd Run (Aidan Birr Kick)
Drive: 8 plays, 40 yds
11-44

Score shown Mercer-GT.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
JP Pickles	7/11	82	7.5	0	1	--
Jaylen King	3/3	20	6.7	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
Zahmari Palode-Gary	15	71	4.7	16
JP Pickles	11	53	4.8	17
Devon Caldwell	7	28	4.0	6
Eric Rasheed	4	24	6.0	8
Brayden Smith	1	8	8.0	8
Zachary Lowe	1	6	6.0	6
Jaylen King	5	2	0.4	5
Micah Bell	2	-4	-2.0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
Brayden Smith	4	58	14.5	37
Eric Rasheed	2	23	11.5	14
Jackson Kostmayer	1	20	20.0	20
Devon Caldwell	3	1	0.3	2

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Ronin Dangler	12	8	1	1	0	1
Jyarius Carter	12	3	0	0.5	1	0
Javious Bond	4	4	0	0	0	0
Ethan Mcdowell	4	2	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Richardson	4	2	0	0	0	0
Mac Bradley	4	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Polke	3	3	0	0	0	0
Kobe McInnis	3	2	0	0	0	0
Sam Martin	3	1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Moore	3	1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Goggins	2	2	0	0	0	0
Delano Marcelus	2	2	0	0	0	0
Aiden Holewski	2	1	0	0	0	0
Nigel Gay	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Emmanuel Lane	1	1	0	0	0	0
Antonio Butts Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost
Jaylen King	1	1
Micah Bell	1	0
JP Pickles	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Simon Zeidan	3/3	100.0	40	0/0	9

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Senin Seymour	6	254	42.3	0	1	54