Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2018BYU
Merrill Taliauli
DL • 6'2" • 305 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Merrill Taliauli shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
Merrill Taliauli built his college career from 2013 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 54, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Merrill Taliauli's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- BYU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Merrill Taliauli, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · BYU. Merrill Taliauli shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 47
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Merrill Taliauli quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · DL
- Career Tackles
- 47
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · East · BYU
- High school pipeline
- East · 36 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 54 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DL 409th (top 52%) · FBS Independents 108th (top 42%) · National 2,413th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 12 | 27 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 32.3 |
| 2018 Postseason | BYU | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 9 | 12 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 17.5 |
Related Context
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Merrill Taliauli played DL for BYU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Merrill Taliauli recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
BYU paired 2 primary output with 11 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 7.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · BYU
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
7.1
Usage
1.1
Consistency
3.7
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. California: 0. Wisconsin: 0. McNeese: 0. Washington: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Boise State: 0. Massachusetts: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. California: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. McNeese: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 0 by 10. Boise State: 4 by 16.7. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs Boise State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/21 | vs Western Michigan | W 49-18 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Massachusetts | W 35-16 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/4 | @ Boise State | L 16-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Northern Illinois | L 6-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/14 | vs Hawai'i | W 49-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/30 | @ Washington | L 7-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs McNeese | W 30-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Wisconsin | W 24-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | vs California | L 18-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Merrill Taliauli story
Merrill Taliauli built his college career from 2013 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 54, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Merrill Taliauli's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 3 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Merrill Taliauli's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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BYU
2013-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 1 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 2 | 11 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2018 Postseason | BYU | 1 | 7.1 | 1.1 | -1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 1 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Mississippi State
Week 7 · W 28-21
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
54.4 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Boise State
Week 6 · L 7-24
1
Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Utah
Week 2 · L 13-19
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Northern Illinois
Week 9 · L 6-7
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Fresno State
Week 10 · L 13-20
0
Havoc Plays
13.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · BYU
2 primary output · 11 efficiency · 1.5 usage
32.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · BYU
21.7
1 primary · 9.8 efficiency · 2.3 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · BYU
17.5
1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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