Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Arkansas State
Forrest Merrill
DL • 6'1" • 338 lbs • Willard, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Forrest Merrill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arkansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Forrest Merrill built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Willard, MO wearing No. 92, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Forrest Merrill's career was his...
Read the storyForrest Merrill, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State. Forrest Merrill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 114
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Forrest Merrill quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arkansas State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 114
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State
- Top game
- UNLV
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DL 15th (top 2%) · Sun Belt 53rd (top 12%) · National 428th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Postseason | Arkansas State | 12 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 12 | 46 | 6.5 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 4 | 21 | 4.5 | 3.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 67.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 11 | 42 | 6.5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 52.7 |
Related Context
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Forrest Merrill played DL for Arkansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Forrest Merrill recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Arkansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Arkansas State paired 9 primary output with 44.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
23.6
Usage
8.3
Consistency
36.7
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 1. Kansas State: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 1.5. Central Arkansas: 0. Georgia State: 1. App State: 0. Troy: 0. Louisiana: 0. Texas State: 0. South Alabama: 2. UL Monroe: 2.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 7 by 39.2. Kansas State: 2 by 13.3. Coastal Carolina: 6 by 40. Central Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 2 by 18.3. App State: 7 by 29.2. Troy: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana: 4 by 16.7. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 5 by 40.8. UL Monroe: 5 by 45.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
45.8 vs UL Monroe
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | vs UL MonroeSplash game | W 48-15 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | vs South AlabamaSplash game | L 31-38 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Texas State | L 45-47 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Louisiana | L 20-27 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Troy | L 10-38 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/22 | @ App State | L 17-45 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/15 | vs Georgia State | W 59-52 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Central Arkansas | W 50-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 23-52 | 6 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Kansas State | W 35-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/6 | @ Memphis | L 24-37 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Forrest Merrill story
Forrest Merrill built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Willard, MO wearing No. 92, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Forrest Merrill's career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Arkansas State. 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 Forrest Merrill's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State.
The arc is straightforward: Forrest Merrill 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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Arkansas State
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Arkansas State | 10.5 | 26 | 5.8 | 10.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 10.5 | 26 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 9 | 44.3 | 10.5 | -1.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 8.5 | 23.6 | 8.3 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UNLV
Week 2 · W 43-17
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Tulsa
Week 3 · W 29-20
5.5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs UL Monroe
Week 14 · W 48-15 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#4
vs South Alabama
Week 13 · L 31-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#5
@ Troy
Week 5 · W 50-43 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State
9 primary output · 44.3 efficiency · 10.5 usage
67.3
#2
2020 Regular Season · Arkansas State
52.7
8.5 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Arkansas State
48.8
10.5 primary · 26 efficiency · 5.8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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