A 1996 spinal fusion was finally successful, though not until after an extended recovery that left him bedridden for six months.
Additionally, Mersereau has four children and coaches football at Boca Raton Community High School in his spare time.
On February 18, 2017, Mersereau was charged in Boca Raton, Florida with child cruelty after allegedly grabbing, pushing and twice punching a 15-year-old boy.
Mersereau, who was reported as being intoxicated at the time, was upset the exterior of his South Florida home had been egged, and believed the teen was responsible.
This biographical article relating to an American football defensive lineman born in the 1960s is a stub.