Usage Score
11.4
Player Dossier
2021-2025Austin Peay
WR • 6'1" • 197 lbs • Brentwood, TN, USA
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
Snapshot
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.
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.
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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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Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 26. Ole Miss: 21. Louisiana: 30
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 86.7. Ole Miss: 2 by 70. Louisiana: 5 by 40
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3 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Unknown
Best efficiency game
86.7 vs Unknown
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
Tennessee
2021-2022
Opening stop
Wake Forest
2023-2024
Peak year stop
Austin Peay
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
| 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 |
#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.
#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
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
Recruit Profile
Class 2021 · Rating 0.8967
Brentwood · Brentwood, TN
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.
Walker Merrill quick answers
Recruiting profile
4-star recruit