2018 Football
Earnest, Bradley
Jersey Number 39
Bradley Earnest
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Miami (Ohio)
- High School:
- Lakeside HS
Bio
Awards/Accolades
- 2019 NFF Hampshire Honor Society Inductee
2018
- Started all nine games played as an outside linebacker
- Transferred to Mercer from Miami (Ohio) for final year of collegiate eligibility
- Suffered injury in season opener at Memphis (Sept. 1) that forced him to miss next two games
- Started the final seven games of the season
- Led Mercer with three sacks, all recorded in a four-week span
- Ranked ninth on the team with 34 total tackles (21 solo, 13 assisted)
- Totaled 6.5 tackles for loss, the second-most on the team
- Added one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one quarterback hurry & one pass breakup
- Notched a career-high nine tackles vs. Western Carolina (Oct. 20)
- Forced a fumble on his sack vs. ETSU (Nov. 3)
2017 (Miami)
- Played in 10 games as a redshirt junior
- Finished season with 13 tackles
- Recorded season-high three tackles twice vs. Austin Peay & Ball State
- Recorded 11 tackles while playing in all 13 games
- Tallied one sack & one forced fumble
- Posted two tackles & one sack vs. Cincinnati
- Appeared in five games during his first season of action
- Finished season with 12 tackles, including season-high four tackles vs. Cincinnati
- Recorded first career interception vs. Cincinnati
- Redshirted as a true freshman
- Graduated from Lakeside High School (Atlanta, Ga.) in 2014
- Played under head coach Heath Hinton
- Three-time captain
- Recorded 65 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss & five sacks as a senior
- Rushed for 447 yards & four touchdowns & added 26 receptions for 419 yards & three touchdowns as a junior
- Added 81 tackles & three interceptions as a junior
- Named First Team All-Region & First Team All-Dekalb County player as a senior
- Also lettered in baseball
- Full name is Bradley Seth Earnest
- Born Oct. 30, 1995
- Son of Terracer & Tom Earnest
Mercer Football Press Conference (Week 3 vs. Wofford)
Monday, September 08
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Monday, September 08
Mercer v. Gardner-Webb Women's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/7/2025
Monday, September 08
Mercer v. Kennesaw State Women's Soccer Highlight Reel: 9/4/2025
Friday, September 05
