2020-21 Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Robert Riddle
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
- High School:
- The McCallie School
Awards/Accolades
Season-by-Season
2021
Before Mercer
High School
- 2019 Fall Academic All-SoCon Team
- 2018 SoCon All-Freshman Offense Team
- 2018 SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 15)
Season-by-Season
2021
- Did not see action
- Started and appeared in seven games as a redshirt sophomore
- Suffered a season ending injury in Week 7 vs. VMI (Oct. 19)
- Owned a passer rating of 128.2
- Completed a team high 121 passes for 1,453 yards (207.6 per game)
- Passed for a career-high 15 touchdowns during the season
- Threw a 98 yard touchdown to Rob Lake for the longest pass play in Mercer history
- Passed for a season-high 325 yards (18-for-27) at Presbyterian (Sept. 7)
- Recorded a career-high four passing touchdowns against Austin Peay (Sept. 14)
- Saw a promising season end abruptly with a collarbone injury in Week 4 vs. The Citadel (Sept. 22)
- Earned SoCon All-Freshman Offense honors despite playing in just four games
- Named Mercer's starting quarterback in Week 3 after winning job over first two weeks of the season
- Owned a passer rating of 149.79
- Completed 66-of-101 passes (65.3 percent) with a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 6-to-3
- Totaled 851 passing yards (212.7 yards per game)
- Led Mercer to upset win at No. 9 Samford (Sept. 15) in break-out performance in first full game at QB
- Named SoCon Offensive Player of Week for three-touchdown performance at Samford (Sept. 15)
- Completed 23-of-34 passes for 316 yards & three total touchdowns (one passing, two rushing) in the win at Samford (Sept. 15)
- Set a single-game program record with 347 passing yards vs. The Citadel (Sept. 22)
- Made his collegiate debut at Memphis (Sept. 1), completing 10-of-19 passes for 104 yards & two touchdowns
- Completed 48 total passes in his two full games as Mercer's starting quarterback
- Tallied three rushing touchdowns & 52 rushing yards on 20 attempts
- Redshirted during first year on campus
Before Mercer
High School
- Coached by Ralph Potter at The McCallie School
- Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com
- Named a finalist for Mr. Football in Tennessee his senior year (2016)
- Named the Regional Player of the Year his senior season (2016)
- Received 2016 Division II-AA First Team All-State honors
- Also received All-State honors by the Tennessee Sportswriters
- Received 2016 Division II-AA Back of the Year honors
- Played in the Tennessee East-West All-Star Game
- Set school records for yards passing (3,008) and completion percentage (70 percent)
- Threw 25 touchdown passes and ran for seven scores his senior year (2016)
- Also played basketball, winning the 2016 Dunk Contest
- Robert Mack Riddle, III
- Born on Sept. 24, 1998
- Son of Rob and Melanie Riddle
- Has two siblings, William and Elizabeth Grace
- Chose Mercer over Ball State, UT Martin, Western Carolina, VMI, Lafayette and Richmond
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