Alex Merritt: DT · Texas State · #92.
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Alex Merritt
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 2 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Southern Miss — Week 12, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Lamar | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 39-40vs Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-9vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 17-23vs Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-17@ UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-3vs Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 30-28vs North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 12 · 2024
W 58-3
0.5 sacks · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 55-point win at home against Southern Miss.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%2 TFLSack rate
5%0 sacksHurry rate
18%2 hurries11 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 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
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Pass share
45.1%
428 pass / 521 run
Plays / game
73.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
405 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Eastern Michigan and Texas State, 76 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Creighton and G.J. Kinne.
