Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Iowa
Kenneth Merrieweather
DL • 6'3" • 263 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kenneth Merrieweather shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany
Kenneth Merrieweather, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa. Kenneth Merrieweather shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 15
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Kenneth Merrieweather quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · DL
- Career Tackles
- 15
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- UAlbany
- High school pipeline
- Martin Luther King · 40 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DL 520th (top 49%) · Big Ten 315th (top 41%) · National 2,538th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 33 |
Related Context
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Kenneth Merrieweather played DL for Iowa. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kenneth Merrieweather recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Iowa paired 1 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 7.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Iowa
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
7.9
Usage
2.5
Consistency
3.3
Best Game by takeover score
UAlbany
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 0. UAlbany: 2. Iowa State: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Indiana: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Penn State: 0. Minnesota: 0. USC: 0. Nebraska: 0
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. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. UAlbany: 1 by 24.2. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 12.5. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UAlbany
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs UAlbany
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ Vanderbilt | W 34-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | @ Nebraska | W 40-16 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ USC | L 21-26 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Minnesota | W 41-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Penn State | W 25-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Wisconsin | W 37-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Indiana | L 15-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Massachusetts | W 47-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Iowa State | L 13-16 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs UAlbanySplash game | W 34-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Iowa
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 1 | 14.2 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Iowa | 2 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAlbany
Week 1 · W 34-7
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Northwestern
Week 9 · W 40-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 16 USC
Week 12 · L 21-26 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
12.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 46 Nebraska
Week 14 · W 40-16 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 15 Penn State
Week 8 · W 25-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
6.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Iowa
1 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 5.5 usage
52.5
#2
2025 Postseason · Iowa
33
2 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Iowa
33
2 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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