Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025East Carolina
Kevon Merrell
DB • 6'1" • 188 lbs • Cordele, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kevon Merrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Player Story
Kevon Merrell built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cordele, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Kevon Merrell's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Kevon Merrell, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina. Kevon Merrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 39
- TFL
- 6
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Kevon Merrell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · DB
- Career Tackles
- 39
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · East Carolina
- Top game
- Florida Atlantic
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Crisp County · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Crisp County · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DB 348th (top 36%) · American Athletic 163rd (top 26%) · National 1,593rd (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 6 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 16.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 13 | 24 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45.6 |
Related Context
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Kevon Merrell played DB for East Carolina. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kevon Merrell recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
East Carolina paired 8.5 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 15.2 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: Florida Atlantic
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 84.6th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · East Carolina
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
15.2
Usage
3.4
Consistency
38.3
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 2. NC State: 2. Campbell: 1. Coastal Carolina: 1. BYU: 0.5. Army: 0. Tulane: 0. Tulsa: 0. Temple: 0.5. Charlotte: 0. Memphis: 0. UTSA: 0. Florida Atlantic: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 3 by 32.5. NC State: 1 by 24.2. Campbell: 2 by 18.3. Coastal Carolina: 0 by 10. BYU: 2 by 13.3. Army: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 1 by 9.2. Charlotte: 2 by 8.3. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 8 by 48.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 9 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs PittsburghSplash game | W 23-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 42-3 | 8 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ UTSA | L 24-58 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Memphis | W 31-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Charlotte | W 48-22 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Temple | W 45-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/16 | vs Tulsa | W 41-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/9 | @ Tulane | L 19-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/25 | vs Army | W 28-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs BYU | L 13-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 38-0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Campbell | W 56-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | @ NC StateSplash game | L 17-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Kevon Merrell story
Kevon Merrell built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cordele, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Kevon Merrell's career was his defensive production: 39 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Kevon Merrell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 2.5 | 12.5 | 2.3 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2.5 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 8.5 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 8.5 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 14 · W 42-3 · Conference game
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Norfolk State
Week 1 · W 42-3
2.5
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 1 · W 23-17 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 55 NC State
Week 1 · L 17-24
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Havoc Plays
52.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Campbell
Week 2 · W 56-3
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Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · East Carolina
8.5 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 3.4 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · East Carolina
45.6
8.5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · East Carolina
16.6
2.5 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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