2018 Football

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
 
Awards/Accolades
- 2019 NFFÂ 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
 
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