by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Mercer University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Mercer plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Mercer men’s football team lists 109 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 313. The most recent cohort included 343 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Mercer reports, football comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Joel Taylor.
Across the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mercer men’s football program reported $7,509,501 in revenue against $7,509,501 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $7,820 in operating expense per athlete, or $852,363 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, football lands below the pack at 980.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.