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David Salmon
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    210
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Raleigh, N.C.
  • Position:
    QB
  • Previous School:
    Campbell
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    2766
  • td
    23
  • yds/g
    276.6

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0
  Total Conference
Completions 180 123
Attempts 314 229
Completion % 57.3% 53.7%
Yards 2766 1930
Yards per game 276.6 275.7
Yards per attempt 8.8 8.4
Touchdowns 23 14
Interceptions 13 11
Sacks 18 14
Yards lost 126 90
Pass Efficiency 147.2 135.1

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 17 24 70.8% 257 10.7 3 0 1 11
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 22 33 66.7% 231 7.0 0 2 1 9
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 15 28 53.6% 296 10.6 3 0 1 7
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 17 31 54.8% 294 9.5 2 2 4 26
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 24 41 58.5% 406 9.9 4 1 4 26
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 14 34 41.2% 191 5.6 0 1 3 17
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 26 46 56.5% 367 8.0 3 0 0 0
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 20 29 69.0% 320 11.0 2 2 0 0
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 18 28 64.3% 348 12.4 6 0 2 16
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 7 20 35.0% 56 2.8 0 5 2 14

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 3 -4 -1.3 10 0 - -
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 3 -9 -3.0 2 0 1 0
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 2 -7 -3.5 6 0 1 0
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 5 -9 -1.8 17 0 - -
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 6 -28 -4.7 0 0 1 0
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 3 -16 -5.3 0 0 1 0
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 1 12 12.0 12 0 - -
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 2 -16 -8.0 0 0 - -
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 4 -12 -3.0 2 0 1 0

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 1 15 15.0 15 0 - -
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 - - - - - 1 0

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 - - - - - 0
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 - - - - - 0
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 1 -4 - - - -4
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 1 -9 - - - -9
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 1 -7 - - - -7
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 1 -9 - - - -9
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 1 -28 - - - -28
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 1 -16 - - - -16
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 1 - 15 - - 15
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 1 12 - - - 12
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 1 -16 - - - -16
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 1 -12 - - - -12

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 0 - 0 - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 at Shorter W, 40-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at N.C. A&T L, 56-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 43-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Catawba L, 37-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Limestone L, 56-49 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Tusculum L, 28-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Carson-Newman L, 30-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Wingate L, 42-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 UNC Pembroke W, 56-44 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Newberry L, 28-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 180 314 57.3% 2766 276.6 8.8 23 13 81 147.2
Conference 7 123 229 53.7% 1930 275.7 8.4 14 11 81 135.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 103 172 59.9% 1737 347.4 10.1 18 3 81 175.8
Away 5 77 142 54.2% 1029 205.8 7.2 5 10 61 112.6
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 50 80 62.5% 901 300.3 11.3 12 0 72 206.6
Losses 7 130 234 55.6% 1865 266.4 8.0 11 13 81 126.9
Month                      
September 5 95 157 60.5% 1484 296.8 9.5 12 5 70 158.8
October 3 60 109 55.0% 878 292.7 8.1 5 3 81 132.3
November 2 25 48 52.1% 404 202.0 8.4 6 5 72 143.2

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 29 -89 -8.9 -3.1 0 17 5 0
Conference 7 21 -60 -8.6 -2.9 0 17 4 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 11 -39 -7.8 -3.5 0 12 2 0
Away 5 18 -50 -10.0 -2.8 0 17 3 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 7 -27 -9.0 -3.9 0 10 1 0
Losses 7 22 -62 -8.9 -2.8 0 17 4 0
Month                  
September 5 19 -57 -11.4 -3.0 0 17 3 0
October 3 4 -4 -1.3 -1.0 0 12 1 0
November 2 6 -28 -14.0 -4.7 0 2 1 0

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 1 0.1 15 1.5 15.0 0 15
Conference 7 1 0.1 15 2.1 15.0 0 15
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 1 0.2 15 3.0 15.0 0 15
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 - - - - - - -
Losses 7 1 0.1 15 2.1 15.0 0 15
Month                
September 5 - - - - - - -
October 3 1 0.3 15 5.0 15.0 0 15
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Month                  
September 5 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - 0 0 - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 5 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 -89 15 - - -74 -7.4
Conference 7 -60 15 - - -45 -6.4
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 -39 15 - - -24 -4.8
Away 5 -50 - - - -50 -10.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 -27 - - - -27 -9.0
Losses 7 -62 15 - - -47 -6.7
Month              
September 5 -57 - - - -57 -11.4
October 3 -4 15 - - 11 3.7
November 2 -28 - - - -28 -14.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Conference 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Away 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Month                        
September 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
November 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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Four Lions earn spots on Don Hansen All-Super Region Two Team

Four Mars Hill Lion football players earned Don Hansen All-Super Region Two Team honors, as announced Tuesday afternoon. Senior wide receiver...

January 30, 2018

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Three Lions named First Team All-Conference, Adams named Defensive Freshman of the Year

Mars Hill's Earl Adams was named 2017 SAC Defensive Freshman of the Year. Wide receivers Keshaun Taylor and Craig Rucker along with offensive...

November 14, 2017

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Football Wins on Senior Day

The Lions defeated UNC Pembroke 56-44 in non-conference football action on Senior Day.

November 4, 2017

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Football Loses to No. 20 Wingate

The Lions lost to no. 20 Wingate 42-21 in South Atlantic Conference football action Saturday afternoon at the Ammons Family Athletic Center and...

October 21, 2017

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Football Drops 30-21 Decision to Carson-Newman

The Lions’ lost to Carson-Newman in South Atlantic Conference football action 30-21 Saturday afternoon at the Ammons Family Athletic Center...

October 14, 2017

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Football Loses at Tusculum, 28-24

The Lions fell at SAC rival Tusculum 28-24 in South Atlantic Conference football action Saturday night at Pioneer Field.

October 7, 2017

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Football Falls to Limestone in Overtime

The Lions lost in overtime 56-49 to Limestone in South Atlantic Conference football action Saturday afternoon at the Ammons Family Athletic Center...

September 30, 2017

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Football Falls at No. 25 Catawba

The Lions’ football team lost on the road at South Atlantic Conference rival no. 25 Catawba 37-13, Saturday night in Shuford Stadium.

September 23, 2017

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Football Game at Catawba on ESPN3

South Atlantic Conference Football will be featured for the second time on the 2017 NCAA Division II Football Showcase as No. 25 Catawba hosts...

September 22, 2017

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Taylor named SAC Offensive Player of the Week

Keshaun Taylor was named Offensive Player of the Week by the South Atlantic Conference Monday morning.  Taylor had a hand in 21 of the Lions'...

September 18, 2017

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Football Wins Home and SAC Opener

MARS HILL, N.C. – The Lions’ football team won their home and South Atlantic Conference opener Saturday afternoon over Lenoir-Rhyne,...

September 16, 2017

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Football Loses at NCAA Division I Opponent N.C. A&T

Mars Hill fell to NCAA Division I opponent N.C. A&T 56-0 Saturday night at Aggie Stadium.

September 9, 2017

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Salmon named SAC Offensive Player of the Week

Mars Hill Lions' quarterback David Salmon was named as the AstroTurf SAC's Offensive Player of the Week Tuesday morning.  Salmon led the...

September 5, 2017

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Football Wins Season Opener, 40-14

Mars Hill won their 2017 season opener by a decisive 40-14 margin over the Hawks of Shorter University Saturday afternoon at Barron Stadium.

September 2, 2017