Jason Mercier: DL · Florida International · #31.
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Jason Mercier
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Florida International defensive front. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Old Dominion, Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 22 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Florida International | 19 | 12 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Florida International | 15 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2018 | Florida International | 28 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 84 | 32 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Long Island University | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-54@ Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-58@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-45vs Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-34vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-38@ Marshall | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-47vs Old Dominion | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 48-10
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 38-point win at home against Long Island University.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
14%3 hurries22 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Butch Davis — 16-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
51.0%
378 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
61.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #78 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida International, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Butch Davis.
