Player Dossier

2008-2011

North Carolina

Matt Merletti

S • 5'11" • Cleveland, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matt Merletti shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40 disruption score.

Usage Score

Efficiency

40

Consistency

100

Season Value

80

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Matt Merletti, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season · North Carolina. Matt Merletti shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

North Carolina paired 2 primary output with 40 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 40 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2011 Regular Season · North Carolina

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

40

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

Not enough games exist for the full explorer. The summary cards stay available so the season still reads clearly.

Game-by-Game Trend

Not enough games are available for a full trend line yet.

Volume vs Efficiency

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

40 vs Virginia

Result
Sat 9/17vs VirginiaSplash gameW 28-172

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    North Carolina

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2009 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2010 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina282
2011 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina2400

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Virginia

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

Virginia

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

Rutgers

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

UConn

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

Duke

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2011 Regular Season · North Carolina

2 primary output · 40 efficiency · usage

80

#2

2008 Regular Season · North Carolina

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · North Carolina

40.4

2 primary · 8 efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2007 · Rating 0.7222

St. Ignatius · Cleveland, OH

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

0

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 7 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Matt Merletti quick answers

Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
S
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career touchdowns
1