Player Dossier

2011-2015

TCU

Dominic Merka

TE • 6'4" • Crosby, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Dominic Merka reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

26

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

25

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8715

Central · Phenix City, AL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Dominic Merka, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · TCU. Dominic Merka reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
54
Receptions
4
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Dominic Merka quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · TE
Career Receiving Yards
54
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 3 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · TCU
Top game
SMU
Recruit profile
3-star · Central
High school pipeline
Central · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 84 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
54 receiving yards · TE 183rd (top 60%) · Big 12 102nd (top 63%) · National 1,162nd (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonTCU0-00-
2012 Regular SeasonTCU0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonTCU0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonTCU0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonTCU3454176.9

Related Context

Dominic Merka played TE for TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dominic Merka recorded 54 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

TCU paired 54 primary output with 88.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 88.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 66.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2015 Regular Season · TCU

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

18

Efficiency

88.9

Usage

6.8

Consistency

96

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 19. Texas: 15. Baylor: 20

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. SMU: 1 by 100. Texas: 1 by 100. Baylor: 2 by 66.7

Split Comparison

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

First Half17 · Games = 2 · -3 vs Second Half
Second Half20 · Games = 1 · +3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

100 vs Texas

Result
Sat 11/28vs BaylorW 28-212201010013
Sat 10/3vs TexasW 50-71151515015
Sun 9/20vs SMUW 56-371191919119

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    TCU

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20112012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonTCU0
2012 Regular SeasonTCU00
2013 Regular SeasonTCU00
2014 Regular SeasonTCU00
2015 Regular SeasonTCU5488.96.854

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 3 · W 56-37

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

19

Receiving Yards

70.3 takeover

19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Baylor

Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game

20

Receiving Yards

67.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs Texas

Week 5 · W 50-7 · Conference game

15

Receiving Yards

63.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · TCU

54 primary output · 88.9 efficiency · 6.8 usage

76.9

#2

2011 Regular Season · TCU

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · TCU

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games