Kaevon Merriweather: DB · Iowa · #26.
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Kaevon Merriweather
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons in the Iowa secondary to date. First career honor, 2022: All-America (CBS). One game to point at: 6 tackles against Michigan — Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 3 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2 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.
KCCI Oct 28
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Oct 27Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 7-3vs South Dakota State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-10vs Iowa State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-0vs Nevada | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-27vs No. 4 Michigan | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 6-9@ Illinois | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-54@ No. 2 Ohio State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-13vs Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-3@ Purdue | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-10vs Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 13-10@ Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24vs Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
Week 10 · 2022
W 24-3
at Purdue
1 interception · 3 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 21-point win on the road against Purdue.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL47 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 43-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
45.5%
348 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
58.8
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
First team on a list outside the NCAA-recognized selectors.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #150 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2022
How it ended
Five seasons at Iowa, 118 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2022)
named by 1 selector
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
