2020-21 Football Roster
McDaniel, DJ
Jersey Number 99
DJ McDaniel
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Junior
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- Indian Trail, N.C.
- High School:
- Porter Ridge HS
Bio
Season-by-Season
2020-21
- Played in all 11 contests
- Made 25 tackles – 9 solo, 16 assisted
- Had eight multi-tackle games
- Recorded five tackles against ETSU (April 10)
2019
- Played in all 12 contests. Started the first seven games of the season
- Made seven tackles (8 solo, 9 assist)
- Made a tackle for loss against Austin Peay (Sept. 14)
- Was credited with half a tackle for loss against Chattanooga (Oct. 5)
- Season-high of five tackles came against The Citadel (Oct. 26)
2018
- Showed promise with nine games played as a reserve defensive lineman
- Made 13 tackles (three solo, 10 assisted)
- Recorded one tackle for loss in a road win at Chattanooga
High School
- Early graduate from Porter Ridge High School (Indian Trail, N.C.)
- Four-year letterman under head coach Michael Hertz
- Totaled 65 tackles (38 solo), 16 quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles & one sack over junior & seniors seasons (via MaxPreps)
- Earned South Western 4A All-Conference First Team honors as a senior (2017)
- Named team’s Most Improved Defensive Player of the Year as a junior (2016)
- Also ran track at Porter Ridge High School
- Member of school’s National Honor Society & BETA Club
- Full name is Deonthe’ McDaniel
- Born March 4, 2000 to parents Tobey Thomas and Deon McDaniel
- Has two siblings, Brandon Thomas and Imani Thomas
- Father, Deon, lettered in football at Illinois State University; Uncle, Troy Pearson, lettered in football at Findlay University; Grandfather, Perry Fewell, lettered in football at Lenoir-Rhyne University; Cousin, Emmanuel McDaniel, lettered in football at East Carolina University
- Grandfather, Perry Fewell, is defensive backs coach for Jacksonville Jaguars
Mercer v U.T. Martin VB Highlight Reel: 9/20/2025
Saturday, September 20
Mercer v North Dakota VB Highlight Reel: 9/19/2025
Saturday, September 20
Mercer v West Georgia VB Highlight Reel: 9/18/2025
Friday, September 19
Mercer Football Press Conference (Week 4 vs Citadel)
Tuesday, September 16
