Lendell Arnold

Height:
5-9
Weight:
204
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Letters:
3
Hometown:
Newnan, Ga.
High School:
Newnan HS

2015 at MERCER: Started all 11 games at strong safety during junior season … Ranked fifth on the team with 50 total tackles (20 assisted, 30 solo) … Also notched one tackle-for-loss … Had five or more tackles on four occasions … Led the team in tackles in three contests … Recovered a fumble at The Citadel (Oct. 31) … Recorded a season-high 10 tackles (3 solo, 7 assisted) in Mercer’s upset of No. 3 Chattanooga (Nov. 7) while also adding a forced fumble … Tabbed as the team’s Co-Game Ball Award winner for the Chattanooga game.

2014 at MERCER: Played in all 12 games for the Bears with 11 starts at the free safety position … Ranked fourth on the team with 52 total tackles (27 solo, 25 assisted) … Recorded five or more tackles in seven games … Finished the season with 2.5 tackles for loss including one in each of the final two games … Ranked second on the team with two interceptions … Had a season-high seven tackles and returned one kick against The Citadel (Nov. 1) … Recovered a fumble against Chattanooga (Oct. 25) … Picked off passes in wins over VMI and Warner.

2013 at MERCER: Played in all 12 games at strong safety … Made seven starts on the year … Finished second on the team with 62 total tackles (29 solo, 33 assisted) … Recorded a pair of double-digit tackle performances … Tied for team lead with two fumble recoveries … Returned one kick for 22 yards ... Tallied eight tackles against San Diego … Notched 11 tackles (3 solo, 8 assisted) in a win over Campbell … Recorded team’s best single-game tackle total with 13 (10 solo, 3 assisted) in defeat of Jacksonville.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport athlete at Newnan High School in Newnan, Ga. … Lettered three times in football for head coach Mike McDonald and was a four-year letterwinner in track … Two-year letterwinner in baseball … Two-time All-County player in football and selected as an All-Region quarterback at Newnan HS … His football team made the state final four all four years of his high school career … Spent one year (2011-12) at Air Force Prep in Colorado Springs, Colo. under head coach Justin Handley.

PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 12, 1992 … Was an honor graduate at Newnan, finishing with a 3.5 GPA … Was recruited by Air Force, Lenoir Rhyne and Memphis … Chose Mercer because of the ability to play football and the academic prestige of the university … Plans to major in Engineering at Mercer.