Player Dossier

2019-2024

Texas State

Alex Merritt

DT • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alex Merritt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Eastern Michigan • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Player Story

Alex Merritt built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 92, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Texas State. The clearest part of Alex Merritt's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8056

Archbishop Moeller · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
Eastern Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Alex Merritt, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Alex Merritt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
76
TFL
10.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Alex Merritt quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · DT
Career Tackles
76
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 37 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Top game
Kent State
Recruit profile
3-star · Archbishop Moeller · Eastern Michigan
High school pipeline
Archbishop Moeller · 50 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
11 tackles · DT 136th (top 58%) · Sun Belt 306th (top 49%) · National 2,738th (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan130.50.5--047.7
2020 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan61921-1038.1
2021 PostseasonEastern Michigan111-0--032.9
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan111720.521032.9
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan12-0--039.7
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan8233.5031047.1
2024 PostseasonTexas State100-01-037.8
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State10112.50.51-037.8

Related Context

Alex Merritt played DT for Eastern Michigan and Texas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Alex Merritt recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Eastern Michigan paired 1 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Eastern Michigan, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

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

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2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

22.5

Usage

6.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Kent State

Result
Fri 11/29vs Kent StateL 26-34310.500.500

Player Story

Alex Merritt story

Alex Merritt built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 92, spending time with Eastern Michigan and Texas State. The clearest part of Alex Merritt's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Alex Merritt's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Eastern Michigan

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan122.56.6
2020 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan419.95.23
2021 PostseasonEastern Michigan5.511.83.81.5
2021 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan5.511.83.80
2022 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan08.31.3-5.5
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan7.521.43.97.5
2024 PostseasonTexas State59.62.6-2.5
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State59.62.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kent State

Week 7 · W 28-14 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Ball State

Week 11 · L 31-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 7 · L 31-38 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Ohio

Week 11 · L 26-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 14 · L 26-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

1 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage

47.7

#2

2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

47.1

7.5 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 3.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

39.7

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games