Player Dossier

2008-2010

Navy

Emmett Merchant

S • 5'10" • Riverdale, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Emmett Merchant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

80

High-end production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Navy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Navy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Player Story

Emmett Merchant built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a safety from Riverdale, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with Navy. The clearest part of Emmett Merchant's career was his defensive production: 5...

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Emmett Merchant, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Navy. Emmett Merchant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Emmett Merchant quick answers

Latest team and position
Navy · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Navy
Top game
Northern Illinois
Latest roster
No. 7 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonNavy20-0--073.3
2009 Regular SeasonNavy20-0--073.3
2010 Regular SeasonNavy10-0--056.7

Related Context

Emmett Merchant is listed as a S for Navy. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Navy paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Navy

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 1. Northern Illinois: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

20 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Wed 11/26@ Northern IllinoisW 16-01
Sat 9/27@ Wake ForestW 24-171

Player Story

Emmett Merchant story

Emmett Merchant built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a safety from Riverdale, GA wearing No. 7, spending time with Navy. The clearest part of Emmett Merchant's career was his defensive production: 5 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. That gives Emmett Merchant's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Navy

    2008-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonNavy220
2009 Regular SeasonNavy2200
2010 Regular SeasonNavy120-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northern Illinois

Week 14 · W 16-0

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Wake Forest

Week 5 · W 24-17

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Air Force

Week 5 · W 16-13

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio State

Week 1 · L 27-31

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Maryland

Week 1 · L 14-17

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Navy

2 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2009 Regular Season · Navy

73.3

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Navy

56.7

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games