JT Palmer

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-2
Weight:
209
Class:
Junior
Letters:
1
Hometown:
Calhoun, Ga.
High School:
Calhoun HS

2014 Academic All-SoCon
2014 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
2014 Punt Returner of the Year Watch List (CFPA)
2013 Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll

2014 at MERCER: Started nine games at wide receiver before missing the final three contests due to injury … Selected to the Fall Academic All-SoCon Team … Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll … Led the team in receiving for the second straight year, finishing with 39 receptions for 460 yards … Posted 11.4 yards per reception in 2014 … Topped the team and finished third in the SoCon with five receiving touchdowns … Ranked fourth in the league with 4.3 receptions per game and seventh in receiving yards per contest (51.1 yards per game) … Hauled in five or more receptions in six of his nine contests … Reached the 50-yard receiving mark in five contests … Opened the season with a 5-catch, 76-yard, 1-touchdown performance in Mercer’s victory over Reinhardt (Aug. 28) … Averaged 15.4 yards per catch en route five receptions and a season-high 77 yards in just over a half of action during the Bears’ rout of Stetson (Sept. 13).

2013 at MERCER: Played in 11 games at wide receiver and punt returner … Started all 11 contests … Named to Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll … Topped the squad with 30 receptions for 521 yards and 7 TDs … Posted 17.4 yards per reception … Ranked fifth on the team with 61.4 all-purpose yards per game … Returned 10 punts for 112 yards … Averaged 11.2 yards per return … Also rushed two times for 42 yards … Led the team in receiving on six occasions … Caught four passes for 70 yards and 2 TDs in his Mercer debut against Reinhardt … Eclipsed the 100-yard receiving plateau with a 4-reception, 100-yard, 1-TD performance against San Diego … Notched five receptions for 61 yards and a pair of TDs in a triumph over Carnegie Mellon … Tallied five receptions for 76 yards and a touchdown in a win over Jacksonville.

2011 at PRESBYTERIAN: Saw action in seven games ... Had a run of nine yards and a catch for nine yards against VMI ... Saw time at Liberty ... Had one reception at Georgia Southern, a career-long 24-yard catch ... Played against Gardner-Webb ... Saw his first minutes of his career at Stony Brook, where he caught one pass for four yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Hal Lamb at Calhoun HS ... Tallied 51 receptions for 659 yards and six touchdowns as a junior ... Recorded 71 receptions and 1,133 total yards as a senior for 13 touchdowns, while also averaging 15.95 yards per carry ... Named to the Rome All-Area First Team as a junior ... Earned All-State First Team and Rome Tribune All-Area First Team honors as a senior ... Played in the GACA All-Star game.

PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 21, 1992 in Kennesaw, Ga ... Son of Tommy and Cindy Palmer ... Has two younger siblings, Tayler and Molly ... Majoring in law and public policy.