Cerritos HS: As a senior on the wrestling team, he earned the Hardest Worker Award and was the team’s captain… Spent three years on the wrestling and football teams… Voted All-Suburban League honorable mention on the football team his senior season, as well as their Defensive Most Valuable Player… Also named the team’s captain and finished with 81 tackles and four quarterback sacks…..

Personal: Most memorable moment was when he won the Rancho Cucamonga Tournament… Would like to transfer to either USC or Cornell University and aspires to be a film director… His father was a semi-pro soccer player and boxer in Mexico… Likes to going out with friends in his spare time… Nicknamed “El Toro”… Has two sisters – Tanya and Danielle… Is the son of Jesse and Victoria Mercado… Born in La Palma, CA on March 3, 1990…..