Demun Mercer

#10 · WR · Texas State6′2″ · La Marque, TX

Demun Mercer: WR · Texas State · #10.

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Demun Mercer

WR · Texas State · #10

Moves the chains on third down. Two seasons in the Texas State receiving corps to date. On tape: 72 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Southern Miss, Week 3, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Texas State	19	235	12.4	2	36
2014	Texas State	9	54	6.0	2	16
Career		28	289	10.3	4	36

Season	Team
2015	Texas State	1	4
2014	Texas State	--	--
Career		1	4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-59@ No. 10 Florida State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 2	W 63-24vs Prairie View A&M	4	51	12.8	0	22
Wk 3	L 50-56vs Southern Miss	3	72	24.0	2	36	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 4	L 14-59@ Houston	6	71	11.8	0	32
Wk 6	L 27-49@ Louisiana	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 9	L 13-37@ Georgia Southern	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 10	L 21-31vs New Mexico State	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 11	L 19-41vs Georgia State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Total		19	235	12.4	2	36

Signature game

Week 3 · 2015

L 50-56

vs Southern Miss

3 rec · 72 yds · 2 TD

With T. Jones — 310 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.4 · 160 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD · L. Kaba — 36.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 49 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 19 · Q2 · EPA +5.34Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 32 yds for a TD SOUTHERN MISS Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined, (Lumi Kaba KICK)
Week 4 · Houston · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.82Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 32 yds to the HOUSTON 44 for a HOUSTON Penalty, face mask (15 yards) (Lee Hightower) to the Houst 29 for a
Week 2 · Prairie View A&M · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.75Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 10 yds to the TEXSTATE 47 for a PRAIRIE VIEW Penalty, personal foul (Foster Brown II) to the PraVw 32 for a
Week 6 · Louisiana · 4th and 9 · Q4 · EPA −3.13Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 4 yds to the LaLaf 13
Week 2 · Prairie View A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 22 yds to the PraVw 44 for a
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.35Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 36 yds to the SoMis 4 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Florida State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Connor White pass complete to Demun Mercer for 9 yds to the FlaSt 39 for a
Week 4 · Houston · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.88Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 7 yds to the TexSt 43 for a
Week 4 · Houston · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.88Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 11 yds to the Houst 1 for a
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 1st and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.69Tyler Jones pass complete to Demun Mercer for 4 yds for a TD, (Lumi Kaba PAT MISSED)

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dennis Franchione — 10-14 over that span.

2014Texas State7-5HC: Dennis Franchione · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Texas State3-9HC: Dennis Franchione · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (82nd percentile). Concern: receptions (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#122 / 684 · 82nd pct

0.72

TD rate#142 / 684 · 79th pct

7.4%

Explosive rate#180 / 684 · 73rd pct

14.8%

Catch rate#249 / 684 · 63rd pct

70.4%

Yards / catch#326 / 684 · 52nd pct

12.4

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#298 / 521 · 42nd pct

12.4

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Rec TDs#283 / 521 · 38th pct

Rush yards#172 / 247 · 28th pct

Long catch#389 / 521 · 24th pct

Rec yards#401 / 521 · 23rd pct

235

Receptions#405 / 521 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	36.5	13.2	0.5
Road4g	2.2	22.2	7.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	41.4	12.3	0.4
Weeks 8+3g	1.3	9.3	7.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Dennis Franchione

Pass share

48.0%

430 pass / 466 run

Plays / game

74.7

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

411 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

19 catches and 1 carry in 8 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Demun Mercer

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

19 catches and 1 carry in 8 games

Three seasons at Texas State

2013