Player Dossier

2024-2025

East 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 14.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.5

Efficiency

14.4

Consistency

46.8

Season Value

23.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
East Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Scouting Read

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Kevon Merrell, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina. Kevon Merrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

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 7.5 primary output with 14.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.4 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: Pittsburgh

Win with 2 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 · East Carolina

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

14.4

Usage

3.5

Consistency

46.8

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 2. NC State: 1. Unknown: 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 14.2. Unknown: 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

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

48.3 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Sat 12/27vs PittsburghSplash gameW 23-17331010
Sat 11/29@ Florida AtlanticW 42-3841.5000
Sat 11/22@ UTSAL 24-5811000
Sat 11/15vs MemphisW 31-2710000
Sat 11/8vs CharlotteW 48-2221000
Sat 11/1@ TempleW 45-14100.5000
Thu 10/16vs TulsaW 41-2744000
Thu 10/9@ TulaneL 19-2611000
Thu 9/25vs ArmyW 28-611000
Sat 9/20vs BYUL 13-34210.5000
Sat 9/13@ Coastal CarolinaW 38-000001
Sat 9/6vs Unknown21100
Thu 8/28@ NC StateL 17-2411001

Career Arc

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    East Carolina

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonEast Carolina1.510.92.1
2024 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1.510.92.10
2025 PostseasonEast Carolina7.514.43.56
2025 Regular SeasonEast Carolina7.514.43.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Pittsburgh

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1.5

Primary metric

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.2 takeover score.

#3

Florida Atlantic

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.1 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.7 takeover score.

#5

NC State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 21.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · East Carolina

7.5 primary output · 14.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage

23.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · East Carolina

23.7

7.5 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · East Carolina

6.1

1.5 primary · 10.9 efficiency · 2.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8578

Crisp County · Cordele, GA

Committed To
East Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

39

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 19 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.