Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Texas 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.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
72
High-upside career 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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 47.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 23 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas State | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas State | 10 | 11 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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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
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
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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
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
21.4
Usage
3.9
Consistency
34.4
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Howard: 1. Ball State: 1. Kent State: 4. Northern Illinois: 0. Western Michigan: 1.5. Toledo: 0. Akron: 0. Buffalo: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Howard: 1 by 14.2. Ball State: 2 by 18.3. Kent State: 8 by 73.3. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 5 by 35.8. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 3 by 12.5. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/22 | @ Buffalo | W 24-11 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/15 | vs Akron | W 30-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/9 | @ Toledo | L 23-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Western Michigan | L 21-45 | 5 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Northern Illinois | L 13-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Kent StateSplash game | W 28-14 | 8 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Ball State | W 24-10 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs Howard | W 33-23 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
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Eastern Michigan
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Texas State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 22.5 | 6.6 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 19.9 | 5.2 | 3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 5.5 | 11.8 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 5.5 | 11.8 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | -5.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 7.5 | 21.4 | 3.9 | 7.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas State | 5 | 9.6 | 2.6 | -2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas State | 5 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 0 |
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
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