Usage / Role
11%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Nebraska
Dawson Merritt
LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Stilwell, KS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dawson Merritt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
25
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston Christian
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- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Dawson Merritt, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nebraska. Dawson Merritt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 8
- TFL
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Dawson Merritt quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · LB
- Career Tackles
- 8
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Houston Christian
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Blue Valley · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Blue Valley · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 51 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · LB 796th (top 63%) · Big Ten 387th (top 50%) · National 3,131st (top 51%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 43.9 |
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Dawson Merritt played LB for Nebraska. Across 1 tracked season, Dawson Merritt recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 2 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston Christian
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13.4
Usage
3.5
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Houston Christian
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Akron: 0. Houston Christian: 1.5. Michigan State: 0.5. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Houston Christian: 4 by 31.7. Michigan State: 2 by 13.3. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston Christian
Best efficiency game
31.7 vs Houston Christian
Career Arc
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- 1
Nebraska
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 2 | 13.4 | 3.5 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston Christian
Week 3 · W 59-7
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 82 Michigan State
Week 6 · W 38-27 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
23.6 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 23.6 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 51 Northwestern
Week 9 · W 28-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 117 Akron
Week 2 · W 68-0
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
2 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
43.9
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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