Mercury Swaim

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.