Western Carolina University

PRONUNCIATION: juh-LEAL Anderson

2025 (Senior): Was a mid-year transfer to Western Carolina from Alcorn State ... Started all 12 games along the defensive line … Finished with 25 total tackles, including 11 solo stops and three tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry … Recorded tackles in 10 of the team’s 12 games … Made his first tackle as a Catamount in the season-opener against Gardner-Webb (Aug. 30) … Credited with a season-best 1.5 tackles for loss among his three stops in the road win at Campbell (Sept. 27) … Posted four tackles against Samford (Sept. 20) with half a TFL and at Chattanooga (Nov. 1) … Had a season-best five tackles against ETSU (Nov. 15).

Prior to Western Carolina: Played in eight games at Alcorn State in 2024, credited with nine tackles including four solo stops and one tackle for loss; At Highland CC in Highland, Kansas: Played in 14 games over two seasons in 2022 and 2023 ... Credited with 31 tackles including 15 solo stops with 5.5 tackles for loss including one sack ... Forced a pair of fumbles, one in both seasons played at Highland ... Recorded a single-game career-high of four tackles three times -- twice in 2022 against Garden City CC and Hutchinson CC, matching in 2023 at Iowa Central CC.

Personal: Is the son of Nan Mercer.