Bugs Mortimer

2025 SFA Football Player and Coach Action Shots

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
WR/RS
Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
High School:
Dillard HS
Last College:
Western Michigan / ULM

2026 Walter Payton Award Watch List
2026 FCS Stats Perform Preseason All-America First Team (PR)
2026 FCS Football Central on SI Preseason All-America First Team (PR)
2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-America First Team (PR)
2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-Southland Conference First Team (PR, AP)
2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team (KR)
2026 NCAA 49 Players to know for 49th season of FCS Football Watch List (WR)
2025 FCS Stats Perform FCS All-America First Team (PR)
2025 FCS Football Central on SI All-America First Team (PR)
2025 FCS Athletics Directors Association All-America
2025 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America
2025 PFSN All-America First Team
2025 All-Southland Conference First Team (PR)
2025 Stats Perform FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week (11/24)
2x 2025 SLC Special Teams Player of the Week (11/10, 11/24)

2026 (SFA): Named a single-digit honoree and team captain for the second-straight season as voted on by his Lumberjack peers during the offseason and dons the #9 this fall as a result...Helped save a life as a blood stem cell donor over the summer...Represented the Jacks at Southland Conference Opening Drive Media Days in July...

2025 (SFA): Played in 12 games...an All-SLC first team punt returner, Mortimer led all NCAA divisions with four punt return touchdowns and paced the FCS with 21.5 yards per return in 2025...His 537 punt return yards set a new program and SLC single-season record, while his 159 punt return yards against Nicholls broke a 41-year-old school record...A two-time SLC Special Teams Player of the Week and Stats Perform FCS National ST Player of the Week; Mortimer became the first SFA return man to receive AA honors since 2011...Added a career-high 28 receptions for 210 yards, plus 4 rushing attempts for 3 yards and 2 tackles...Returned a season-high 6 punts for a season-best 159 yards and a punt-return touchdown against Nicholls on Oct. 18...Recorded a season-high 38 receiving yards on 3 receptions against UTRGV on Nov. 1...Broke a season-long 79-yard punt return and recorded a season-best 23-yard reception against Northwestern St. on Nov. 20...

2024 (WESTERN MICHIGAN): Played in four games for the Broncos...Recorded three receptions for 50 yards at 16.7 yards per catch...Scored first career touchdown in 59-31 win over Bethune-Cookman (9/14)

2023 (LOUISIANA-MONROE): Played in nine games...3 rushes for 23 yards at 7.7 yards per rush...Caught 15 passes for 291 yards at 19.4 yards per catch...Averaged 32 receiving yards per game...Two dozen all-purpose plays for 387 yards which included 61 punt return yards and 12 kickoff return yards...Found the endzone for the first time as a collegian on a two-point rush at Georgia Southern (10/21)...

2022 (LOUISIANA-MONROE): Made collegiate debut in the season opener at Texas (9/3)...Saw action in 10 games as a true freshman...Rushed for 130 yards on just eight carries at 16.25 yards per rush...Hauled in 14 passes for 85 yards...215 all-purpose yards on 22 plays...Also a member of the Warhawks' Track & Field team in the spring of 2023...Competed in two meets, including running the 400 in 52.38 at the Louisiana Classic (March 18)...Competed in the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 20-21), placing fifth in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:20.41, 15th in the 400 meters in 52.28 and 16th in the 60 in 7.05...

PREP: A highly touted four-star recruit, Mortimer was ranked among the top wide receivers nationally and was once considered a top-75 overall prospect in the 2022 class...Known for elite speed (a state qualifier in the 100- and 200-meter dashes) and playmaking ability as a slot receiver and returner...Earned Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald All-Broward 8A-6A first-team honors in 2020...Caught 24 passes for 318 yards and five touchdowns while helping Dillard to a 6-0 record and a Class 6A-1A tri-county gold-level championship in 2020...He made his biggest impact on special teams, returning three punts and two kickoffs for touchdowns...In 2019, he finished eighth at the FHSAA 3A state track meet in the 100-meter dash...Mortimer was also a CBS4 Nat Moore Trophy finalist, presented to the best player in Miami-Dade, Broward & Monroe Counties...

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