#92

Alex Merritt

Former defensive tackle at Texas State. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.

DT · Texas State · Sr. · #92

6′3″ · 290 lb · Cincinnati, OH

CFB Index 19 · #273 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceTexas State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

OG recruit

No. 2404 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Texas State. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2019.
Transferred from Eastern Michigan to Texas State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Texas State, 76 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with Eastern Michigan3-star out of Archbishop Moeller

202410 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2404 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2022

Jake Spavital

Texas State

2023–2024

G.J. Kinne

Texas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2020Eastern Michigan2-4HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2021Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

19Below cohort / limited sample #273 of 302?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (1st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles#2721 / 2892 · 4th pct

Solo tackles#2862 / 2892 · 1st pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road4g	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	11	2	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Eastern Michigan	23	5	3.5	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Eastern Michigan	18	4	2.0	0.5	1	--	--
2020	Eastern Michigan	19	8	2.0	1.0	1	--	--
2019	Eastern Michigan	3	1	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		76	20	10.5	2.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–27

vs Lamar

0 TFL · 1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. McCloud — 238 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.9 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · I. Mahdi — 156 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27vs Lamar	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 28-31vs Arizona State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 39-40@ Sam Houston	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 38-17@ Troy	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 41-9vs Arkansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-24@ Old Dominion	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 2 tackles
Wk 10	L 17-23vs Louisiana	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 38-17@ UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 58-3vs Southern Miss	2	0	1.0	0.5	—
Bowl	W 30-28vs North Texas	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		11	2	2.5	0.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology