COACHING STAFF 2016 MERCER BEARS 1 @MERCERFOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2015 REVIEW 2016 Quick Facts ...................................................................................................................3 Notes/Results .....................................................................................................................47 2015 Statistics ...............................................................................................................58-50 2016 MERCER FOOTBALL Game Recaps/Stats .......................................................................................................51-56 2016 Outlook ........................................................................................................................ 4 2016 Preseason Depth Chart ...............................................................................................5 HISTORY AND RECORD BOOK 2016 Numerical Roster .....................................................................................................6-7 Mercer Football Timeline ...................................................................................................58 Positional Breakdown .........................................................................................................8 Honors & Awards ........................................................................................................ 59-60 Geographical Breakdown ................................................................................................... 9 Individual Records ....................................................................................................... 61-62 2016 Opponent Information ......................................................................................... 10-13 All-Time Results ...........................................................................................................63-66 FOOTBALL STAFF UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Bobby Lamb (Head Coach) .......................................................................................... 14-15 William D. Underwood (President) ..................................................................................67 Mike Kolakowski (Assistant Head Coach) ........................................................................16 Jim Cole (Director of Athletics) ........................................................................................ 68 Casey Vogt (Offensive Coordinator) .................................................................................16 Southern Conference ...................................................................................................69-70 Kenny Baker (Assistant Coach) ......................................................................................... 17 Carter Barfield (Assistant Coach) ...................................................................................... 17 ---------------------------- Grant Cain (Assistant Coach) .............................................................................................18 Dominique Davenport (Assistant Coach) .........................................................................18 MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS Mitch Doolittle (Assistant Coach) ......................................................................................19 The 2016 Mercer football media guide is a publication of the Mercer University Media Chino Fontenette (Assistant Coach) .................................................................................19 Relations Department. The guide was written, edited and designed by Gerrit Van Tre Lamb (Assistant Coach) .............................................................................................. 20 Genderen. Cover and graphic design by Lisa Cherry. Editorial assistance provided by Will Patterson (Assistant Coach) .................................................................................... 20 Robby Hamman and Jenny Moss. Photography courtesy of Mercer University Media Football Support Staff ...................................................................................................... 20 Relations and Southern Conference Photos. Special thanks to the Mercer University football offices. MEET THE BEARS Player Bios .....................................................................................................................21-45 2016 MERCER BEARS 2 @MERCERFOOTBALL 2016 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION MERCER FOOTBALL SOCIAL MEDIA Location ...............................................................................................................Macon, Ga. Twitter ....................................................................................................... @MercerFootball Enrollment .....................................................................................................................8,557 Instagram ................................................................................................. @MercerFootball Founded ..........................................................................................................................1833 Facebook .................................................................................. Mercer University Football Nickname (School Colors) ..............................................................Bears (Orange & Black) Team Hashtag ..................................................................................................#MUvment17 Affiliation ......................................................................................................NCAA Division I Gameday Hashtag .....................................................................................................#BDED Conference ..............................................................................................................Southern Stadium (Capacity) ...................................................................Five Star Stadium (10,200) MEDIA RELATIONS President ................................................William D. Underwood (Oklahoma Baptist, ‘82) Media Relations Director ................................................................................Patrick Walsh Athletics Director............................................................................... Jim Cole (Mercer, ‘93) Email ................................................................................................................................TBA Website ...........................................................................................www.mercerbears.com Office Phone ..................................................................................................(478) 301-5209 Fax Number ...................................................................................................(478) 301-5350 COACHING STAFF Head Coach: ............................................................................................................Bobby Lamb TOP OFFENSIVE RETURNERS Alma Mater: .................................................................................................Furman (1987) PLAYER YR. POS. HT. WT. 2015 STATS Career Record/Seasons: ...................................................................................... 88-54/13 Robert Brown Sr. TE 6-1 229 17 Rec, 303 Yds, 3 TDs Record at Mercer/Seasons .......................................................................................21-14/3 Chandler Curtis Jr. WR 5-11 201 13 Rec, 153 Yds, 1 TD E-mail: .............................................................................................football@mercer.edu Bret Niederreither Sr. OL 6-2 280 - Football Phone: ....................................................................................................(478) 301-2713 Alex Lakes Jr. RB 5-11 216 128 C, 692 Yds, 7 TDs Avery Ward Jr. WR 6-2 178 40 Rec, 481 Yds, 6 TDs Assistant Coaches Position John Russ Sr. QB 6-0 202 170-292, 2,141 Yds, 18 TDs Mike Kolakowski ..............................................Assistant HC/Def. Coord./Outside Linebackers Casey Vogt ..............................................................................Offensive Coord./Offensive Line TOP DEFENSIVE RETURNERS Kenny Baker ....................................................................................................... Defensive Line PLAYER YR. POS. HT. WT. 2014 STATS Carter Barfield ....................................................................................................Running Backs Tripp Patterson Sr. LB 6-0 224 70 TT, 4.5 TFL, 1 SCK, 1 FF Grant Cain ....................................................................Recruiting Coord./Inside Linebackers/ Tosin Aguebor Sr. LB 6-3 238 39 TT, 10.5 TFL, 6 SCK, 1 FF Co-Special Teams Coach Isaiah Buehler R-So. DE 6-3 247 38 TT, 7.5 TFL, 2.5 SCK, 2 FR Dominique Davenport .....................................................................Defensive Quality Control Lee Bennett Jr. LB 6-0 223 67 TT, 3.5 TFL, 2 INT, 2 FR Mitch Doolittle .....................................................Secondary Coach/ Co-Special Teams Coach Austin Barrett Jr. DT 6-2 295 30 TT, 1 TFL, 1 INT Chino Fontenette ..............................................................................................Wide Receivers Zach Jackson Sr. DB 6-0 203 49 TT, 2 INT, 2.5 TFL, 1 FF Trey Lamb ............................................................................................................. Quarterbacks Will Patterson ...........................................................................................................