Michael Haynes

Height:
6-0
Weight:
199
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Letters:
2
Hometown:
Sugar Hill, Ga.
High School:
North Gwinnett HS

2014 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2015 at MERCER: Did not see game action as a junior.

2014 at MERCER: Played in five games as the Bears’ second-string quarterback during sophomore campaign … Completed 17-of-28 passes for a career-high 200 yards and two touchdowns … Completed 60.7 percent of his passes … Ranked second on the team with a passing efficiency of 144.3 … Also ran seven times for 34 yards … Finished 7-of-14 passing for a career-best 89 yards in a win over Ave Maria (Sept. 20) … Tossed his first collegiate touchdown pass in a win over Austin Peay (Oct. 11) … Closed the year with a perfect 3-for-3 performance through the air en route to 47 yards and a touchdown against Warner (Nov. 15) … Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2013 at MERCER: Saw action in five games at quarterback during true freshman campaign … Named to the Pioneer Football League Honor Roll … Completed 11-of-18 passes with 84 yards on the year … Finished the season with a 61.1 completion percentage … Tallied a 100.3 passing efficiency rating … Carried the ball 13 times for 52 yards rushing and 2 TDs … Rushed for 11 yards and a TD on two carries in college debut against Reinhardt … Threw for a 39 yards on 5-of-6 passing with an efficiency rating of 137.9 in a win over Carnegie Mellon.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Ga., where he was a scholar athlete, a member of the National Honor Society and was named an AP Scholar with Distinction … Was a two-year varsity letterman in baseball and a four-year varsity letterman in football … Under head football coach Bob Sphire, Haynes earned All-Region 7-AAAAAA honors … Was voted Fans’ Choice Player of the Year by the Gwinnett Daily Post … In his senior year, Haynes’ team posted an 11-2 record on its way to an Elite Eight appearance in the state tournament.

PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 16, 1994 to parents Mickey and Tiffany Haynes in Atlanta, Ga. … Has three sisters, Holly, Brooke and Mckenzie … Father, Mickey, played baseball and football at the University of Georgia and was a member of the National Championship team in 1990 … Chose Mercer for the opportunity to start a new program and the quality of the school’s education… Majoring in finance.