Player Dossier

2021-2025

Austin Peay

Walker Merrill

WR • 6'1" • 197 lbs • Brentwood, TN, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Walker Merrill reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage Score

11.4

Efficiency

65.6

Consistency

95.2

Season Value

59.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Tennessee • Wake Forest • Austin Peay
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Walker Merrill, WR. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Walker Merrill reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 65.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, Wake Forest, Austin Peay.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 66.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

25.7

Efficiency

65.6

Usage

11.4

Consistency

95.2

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 26. Ole Miss: 21. Louisiana: 30

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 86.7. Ole Miss: 2 by 70. Louisiana: 5 by 40

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses25.5 · Games = 2
First Half23.5 · Games = 2
All Games25.7 · Games = 3

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

86.7 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 9/28vs LouisianaL 38-4153066012
Sat 9/14vs Ole MissL 6-4022110.510.50011
Thu 8/29vs Unknown2261313014

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Tennessee

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wake Forest

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Austin Peay

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonTennessee5273.412.8
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee11664.77.464
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest0-116
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest7765.611.477
2025 Regular SeasonAustin Peay0-77

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Akron

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

46

Primary metric

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

Unknown

41

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

Unknown

40

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#4

Unknown

26

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

26 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#5

Louisiana

30

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

30 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

59.1

77 primary · 65.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Tennessee

56.6

116 primary · 64.7 efficiency · 7.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8967

Brentwood · Brentwood, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

3

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

245

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 11 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Walker Merrill quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
WR
Teams played for
3
Seasons tracked
5
Career receiving yards
245