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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Duke
Luke Mergott
LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Berlin, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Luke Mergott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Luke Mergott built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Berlin, MD wearing No. 34, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Luke Mergott's career was his defensive production: 108...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Luke Mergott, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke. Luke Mergott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 108
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Luke Mergott quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · LB
- Career Tackles
- 108
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Duke
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Stephen Decatur · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Stephen Decatur · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 91 tackles · LB 66th (top 6%) · ACC 11th (top 2%) · National 85th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Duke | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Duke | 8 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 14 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 73.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 14 | 81 | 7 | 1.5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 73.9 |
Related Context
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Luke Mergott played LB for Duke. Across 3 tracked seasons, Luke Mergott recorded 108 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Duke paired 23 primary output with 43.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 43.5 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: NC State
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Duke
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
43.5
Usage
10.4
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 2.5. Elon: 0. Illinois: 1. Tulane: 1. NC State: 3.5. Syracuse: 1. California: 2. Georgia Tech: 1.5. Clemson: 0. UConn: 1. Virginia: 2.5. North Carolina: 2. Wake Forest: 2. Virginia: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 10 by 66.7. Elon: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 1 by 14.2. Tulane: 1 by 14.2. NC State: 6 by 60. Syracuse: 5 by 30.8. California: 6 by 45. Georgia Tech: 11 by 60.8. Clemson: 12 by 50. UConn: 4 by 26.7. Virginia: 9 by 62.5. North Carolina: 7 by 49.2. Wake Forest: 8 by 53.3. Virginia: 9 by 67.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.8 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
67.5 vs Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Arizona State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 42-39 | 10 | 7 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/7 | @ VirginiaSplash game | W 27-20 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Wake ForestSplash game | W 49-32 | 8 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | W 32-25 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs VirginiaSplash game | L 17-34 | 9 | 7 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UConn | L 34-37 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Clemson10+ tackles | W 46-45 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles | L 18-27 | 11 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | @ CaliforniaSplash game | W 45-21 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Syracuse | W 38-3 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs NC StateSplash game | W 45-33 | 6 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ Tulane | L 27-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Illinois | L 19-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Elon | W 45-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Luke Mergott story
Luke Mergott built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Berlin, MD wearing No. 34, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Luke Mergott's career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Luke Mergott's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.
The arc is straightforward: Luke Mergott moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Duke
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Duke | 0 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 23 | 43.5 | 10.4 | 23 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 23 | 43.5 | 10.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 55 NC State
Week 4 · W 45-33 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 31 Virginia
Week 15 · W 27-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 1 · W 42-39 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 31 Virginia
Week 12 · L 17-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
78 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 14 · W 49-32 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Duke
23 primary output · 43.5 efficiency · 10.4 usage
73.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Duke
73.9
23 primary · 43.5 efficiency · 10.4 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Duke
38.9
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
7
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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