Usage / Role
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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
lowhigh
Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
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
4★
- 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.
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- 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%)
Dawson Merritt played LB for Nebraska. Across 1 tracked season, Dawson Merritt recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nebraska.
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