Player Dossier

2023-2025

Duke

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.

Usage Score

10.4

Efficiency

43.5

Consistency

65.3

Season Value

54.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

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.

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.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

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. 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 12/31vs Arizona State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 42-391070.50010
Sun 12/7@ VirginiaSplash gameW 27-20950010
Sat 11/29vs Wake ForestSplash gameW 49-32850.500.500
Sat 11/22@ North CarolinaSplash gameW 32-2576110
Sat 11/15vs VirginiaSplash gameL 17-34971.5000
Sat 11/8@ UConnL 34-3743001
Sat 11/1@ Clemson10+ tacklesW 46-45125000
Sat 10/18vs Georgia Tech10+ tacklesL 18-271141.5000
Sun 10/5@ CaliforniaSplash gameW 45-2164100
Sat 9/27@ SyracuseW 38-351001
Sat 9/20vs NC StateSplash gameW 45-33600.5000
Sun 9/14@ TulaneL 27-3411100
Sat 9/6vs IllinoisL 19-4510001
Thu 8/28vs ElonW 45-1720000

Career Arc

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

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    Duke

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonDuke06.31
2024 PostseasonDuke07.31.10
2024 Regular SeasonDuke07.31.10
2025 PostseasonDuke2343.510.423
2025 Regular SeasonDuke2343.510.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

NC State

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Primary metric

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.7 takeover score.

#2

Virginia

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#3

Arizona State

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#4

Virginia

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.2 takeover score.

#5

Wake Forest

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Duke

23 primary output · 43.5 efficiency · 10.4 usage

54.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Duke

54.8

23 primary · 43.5 efficiency · 10.4 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Duke

36.1

0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

7

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8503

Stephen Decatur · Berlin, MD

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

108

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 24 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.