Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Austin 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.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
29
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tennessee • Wake Forest • Austin Peay
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee Tech
Player Story
Walker Merrill built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Brentwood, TN wearing No. 1, spending time with Austin Peay, Tennessee, and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Walker Merrill's...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Walker Merrill, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Walker Merrill reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 245
- Receptions
- 22
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Walker Merrill quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Austin Peay · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 245
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Tennessee Tech
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Brentwood · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Brentwood · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 2 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 5 | 8 | 116 | 3 | 61.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 66.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Austin Peay | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 19.6 | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 2023 | Tennessee to Wake Forest | P4 to P4 | 81.2 | Jan 4, 2023 |
Walker Merrill played WR for Tennessee, Wake Forest, and Austin Peay. Across 5 tracked seasons, Walker Merrill recorded 245 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Tennessee.
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: North Carolina A&T
Win 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
North Carolina A&T
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina A&T: 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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina A&T: 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.
Wins26 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses25.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Carolina A&T
Best efficiency game
86.7 vs North Carolina A&T
Player Story
Walker Merrill story
Walker Merrill built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Brentwood, TN wearing No. 1, spending time with Austin Peay, Tennessee, and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Walker Merrill's career was his receiving role: 22 catches, 245 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Walker Merrill'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
Tennessee
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Wake Forest
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Austin Peay
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 52 | 73.4 | 12.8 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 116 | 64.7 | 7.4 | 64 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | -116 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 77 | 65.6 | 11.4 | 77 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Austin Peay | 0 | — | — | -77 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tennessee Tech
Week 3 · W 56-0
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
40
Receiving Yards
77.8 takeover
40 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#2
vs Akron
Week 3 · W 63-6
46
Receiving Yards
77.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs UT Martin
Week 8 · W 65-24
41
Receiving Yards
71.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs North Carolina A&T
Week 1 · W 45-13
26
Receiving Yards
67.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
26 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Louisiana
Week 5 · L 38-41
30
Receiving Yards
65.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
30 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
66.3
77 primary · 65.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Tennessee
61.8
116 primary · 64.7 efficiency · 7.4 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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