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Player Dossier
2008-2011North 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.
Impact Production
0
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Matt Merletti built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a safety from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 25, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Matt Merletti's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
Matt Merletti, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · North Carolina. Matt Merletti shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Matt Merletti quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Carolina · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · North Carolina
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · St. Ignatius · North Carolina
- High school pipeline
- St. Ignatius · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2011
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
| 2009 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | North Carolina | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 80 |
Related Context
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Matt Merletti played S for North Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Merletti recorded -6 rushing yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with North Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 2 primary output with 40 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 0 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: UConn
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
0 vs UConn
| Result | |||||||||||
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| Sat 10/4 | vs UConn | W 38-12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Matt Merletti story
Matt Merletti built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a safety from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 25, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Matt Merletti's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 7 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with North Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Matt Merletti's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 91 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 7 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Matt Merletti moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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North Carolina
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2008200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2008 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 8 | — | 2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 40 | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia
Week 3 · W 28-17 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ Virginia
Week 7 · W 44-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 4 · W 17-13
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs UConn
Week 6 · W 38-12
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Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#5
@ Duke
Week 13 · W 24-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
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
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