{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1992)}} {{Infobox CFL player |name=Mercy Maston |team = |number= |position1=Defensive back |birth_date={{birth date and age|1992|11|10}} |birth_place=Bakersfield, California, U.S. |height_ft = 5 |height_in = 11 |weight_lb = 208 |high_school = Bakersfield High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Mercy Maston Broncos profile |url=https://broncosports.com/sports/football/roster/mercy-maston/4654 |website=Boise State Broncos |accessdate=2019-09-19 |archive-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816004934/https://broncosports.com/sports/football/roster/mercy-maston/4654 |url-status=live }}</ref> |College=Boise State |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2017}}–{{CFL Year|2018}} |playing_team1=Edmonton Eskimos |playing_years2={{NFL Year|2019}} |playing_team2=Philadelphia Eagles* |playing_years3={{CFL Year|2019}}–{{CFL Year|2022}} |playing_team3=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |career_footnotes= |career_highlights= * 2× Grey Cup champion (2019, 2021) |status = |import = yes |CFL=mercy-maston/162211/ }} '''Mercy Maston''' (born November 10, 1992) is an American former professional football defensive back.

==Playing career== Maston started his CFL career with the Edmonton Eskimos but was limited in playing time due to an Achilles injury.<ref name=nomercy>{{cite news |title=Maston plans to show no Mercy as newest Bomber defensive back |author=Taylor Allen |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/maston-plans-to-show-no-mercy-as-part-of-bomber-d-line-519387122.html |website=Winnipeg Free Press |date=August 4, 2019 |accessdate=2019-11-19}}</ref> Following two years with the Eskimos, Mercy was released in January 2019 and signed a futures contract with the Philadelphia Eagles, but was cut before playing an NFL game.<ref name=nomercy/> Following injuries to Brandon Alexander and Marcus Rios, the Blue Bombers needed help in the secondary and signed Maston in August 2019.<ref name=nomercy/> Maston helped the Blue Bombers win the 107th Grey Cup, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–12. Following the win, he signed an extension with Winnipeg through to the end of the 2020 season. However, the 2019 season would be the last time Maston would play in a regular season game during his career due to repeated injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mercy Maston agrees to terms on extension with Winnipeg Blue Bombers |author=John Hodge |url=https://3downnation.com/2019/12/05/mercy-maston-re-signs-with-winnipeg-blue-bombers/amp/ |website=3 Down Nation |date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206192045/https://3downnation.com/2019/12/05/mercy-maston-re-signs-with-winnipeg-blue-bombers/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the CFL canceled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he chose to opt-out of his contract with the Blue Bombers on August 31, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tracking players who have exercised opt-outs |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/08/26/tracking-cflers-exercised-opt-outs/ |website=CFL.ca |date=August 26, 2020 |accessdate=October 5, 2020 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009024210/https://www.cfl.ca/2020/08/26/tracking-cflers-exercised-opt-outs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He signed a one-year contract with the Blue Bombers on January 7, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Winnipeg Blue Bombers agree to terms with defensive backs Mercy Maston and Nick Taylor |url=https://www.bluebombers.com/2021/01/07/winnipeg-blue-bombers-agree-terms-one-year-extensions-defensive-backs-mercy-maston-nick-taylor/ |website=BlueBombers.com |date=January 7, 2021 |accessdate=January 7, 2021}}</ref>

Maston suffered a season ending torn Achilles tendon in training camp and did not play with the team through the 2021 CFL season.<ref name=2022extension>{{cite web |title= Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: Blue Bombers re-sign defensive back Mercy Maston |url= https://3downnation.com/2022/02/02/mercy-mercy-mercy-blue-bombers-re-sign-defensive-back-mercy-maston/ |website= 3DownNation.com |date= February 2, 2022 |access-date= February 2, 2022 |archive-date= February 2, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220202210456/https://3downnation.com/2022/02/02/mercy-mercy-mercy-blue-bombers-re-sign-defensive-back-mercy-maston/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Following the season he signed an extension with the Bombers for the 2022 season, but would once again get injured in camp and miss the full regular season.<ref name=2022extension/>

On February 14, 2023, Maston became a free agent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/ |title=Transactions – Football player trades and signings |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804202744/https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <!-- outdated stats ==Statistics== ===CFL=== {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="2" | ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="7" | Defence |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Games ! Tackles ! ST ! Sacks ! Int ! TD ! FF |- |2017 |EDM |7 |27 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2018 |EDM |12 |30 |8 |0 |2 |0 |0 |- ALIGN="center" |2019 |WPG |3 |12 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="2" | CFL totals !22 !69 !9 !0 !2 !0 !0 |} -->

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==External links== *[https://www.bluebombers.com/players/mercy-maston/162211/ Winnipeg Blue Bombers bio]

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