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Mercury Swaim Season 2026-27

#16
PositionLB
Weight213 lbs
Height5-10
ClassRS-Sr.
HometownBedford, Pa.
Previous SchoolSt. Francis (PA)/Bedford HS
EXPTR

2025 (Redshirt Junior Season): Played in the final 12 games, starting the final nine ... finished fourth on the team with 52 tackles, and tied for second with 6.5 tackles for loss ... also had three pass breakups and two sacks ... 50 of his 52 tackles came in conference or postseason play ... had a career-high 11 tackles, incluidng a sack, against Air Force to go along with a pass breakup ... had seven tackles against San Diego State ... had six tackles each against UNLV and Colorado State ... had a tackle for loss in both of those contests ... had three tackles and a sack against Nevada ... recorded his first Lobo TFL against San Jose State ... recorded six tackles in the Rate Bowl.

2024 (Redshirt Sophomore Season): Played in 11 games with 55 total tackles (32 solo), 11.0 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, a forced fumble, and interception and seven PBUs … had at least 1.0 TFLs in each of the final seven games of the season … had a pass breakup in each of the first five games of the season … had seven tackles with 1.5 TFLs and a forced fumble against Kent State … had a career-best 10 tackles with a TFL and a pass breakup against Robert Morris … had a career-high 2.5 tackles for a loss with a sack as part of an eight-tackle day against Long Island … had two TFLs and five tackles overall against Stonehill.

2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season): Played in 10 games, recording 48 tackles (34 solo) with 5.0 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and an interception … tied for the team lead with two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery… had a season-high tying eight tackles with a TFL against Central Connecticut State … recorded his first career interception against Duquesne … had a key game against Stonehill with five tackles, 1.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … had a season-high eight tackles in the opener against Western Michigan with a forced fumble.

2022 (Freshman Season): Saw action in three games, earning a redshirt … recorded one tackle, but it went for a 6-yard loss against Delaware in the FCS Playoffs.

High School: Lettered in football for the Bison at Bedford High School … played both ways as a safety and a quarterback … on defense he totaled career numbers of 287 tackles, 18.0 TFLs, 6.0 sacks, 11 forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and five interceptions … at quarterback he threw for 7,151 yards and had 93 total touchdowns … led Bedford for four district titles and a state semifinal appearance in 2020 … named All-State and was both the Tribune Democrat Player of the Year and the Bedford Gazette Offensive Player of the Year … also lettered in basketball and baseball.

Personal: Parents are Wes and Debbie Swaim … birthday is January 14, 2003 … earned his degree in chemistry from St. Francis and is working on postgraduate work.

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RS-Jr.
2025-26

LB
5-10 / 213 lbs