Player profileMercer Football
Mercer · Football
Jaylen King
QB · Senior · #2 · 6' 4" · 210 lbs · 3★ recruit
From Folkston, GA
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Estimated NIL value
$135K
Mercer · Football
Jaylen King
QB · Senior · #2 · 6' 4" · 210 lbs · 3★ recruit
From Folkston, GA
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Estimated NIL value
$135K
Mercer · Football
QB · Senior · #2 · 6' 4" · 210 lbs
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Latest source check Aug 29, 2026
Position
Quarterback
Class
Senior
Jersey
#2
Height
6' 4"
Weight
210 lbs
Hometown
From Folkston, GA
Estimated NIL value
$135K
Modeled from role, roster, recruiting, current market evidence, and school-pool reconciliation.
Pool-accounting allocation: $409K
Confidence meter
Watchlist confidenceWe have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.
Jaylen King is a 6' 4" 210 lbs Senior Quarterback for Mercer and is listed by ESPN from Folkston, GA. Jaylen King ranks 1st within the current Mercer football roster. The modeled value is $135K, with $409K allocated to reconcile the sport pool.
Pool share by sport
22.7%
Football pool: $1.8M
Pool share of school
8.6%
Mercer roster market: $4.75M
Roster dollars tracked
$1.8M
Mercer Football pool-accounting sum
Coverage hits
0
No fresh NIL chatter found
Folkston, GA
Roster status
Active
Current listing
Mercer Bears
Recruit rating
3-star
Recruiting profile
3-star / No. 1358 nationally
Rating: 0.8644
High school: Cleveland
From: Clayton, NC
Class: 2026 / LB
Transfer history
Florida State to Mercer
2026 portal cycle / Feb 4, 2026 / Immediate
East Tennessee State to Florida State
2025 portal cycle / Apr 27, 2025 / Immediate
2025 season production
ESPN player feedPassing
0
Completions
1
Attempts
0.0
Completion %
0
Yards
0.0
Average
0
Touchdowns
Rushing
2
Carries
6
Yards
3.0
Average
0
Touchdowns
6
Long
Career history
| Season | Team | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 107 | 201 | 53.2 | 1,223 | 6.1 | 11 | 8 | 71 |
| 2024 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 116 | 221 | 52.5 | 1,536 | 6.9 | 9 | 11 | 75 |
| 2025 | Florida State Seminoles | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | All teams | 223 | 423 | 52.7 | 2,759 | 6.5 | 20 | 19 | 75 |
| Season | Team | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 137 | 403 | 2.9 | 5 | 56 |
| 2024 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 105 | 422 | 4.0 | 5 | 57 |
| 2025 | Florida State Seminoles | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Career | All teams | 244 | 831 |
| Season | Team | PASS | RUSH | REC | RET | TD | 2PT | PAT | FG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | All teams | 0 |
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Sideline Data Desk
Quarterbacks receive the strongest football premium because role scarcity, weekly visibility, and offensive control compound their market value. For Jaylen King, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $135K headline case.
The visible base estimate is $135K. The pool-accounting allocation is $409K, equal to about 22.7% of the Mercer football market. The player ranks 1st on that roster.
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