Kereon Merrell: DB · Marshall · #5.
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Kereon Merrell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons in the Marshall secondary to date. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Old Dominion — Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17vs VMI | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-14@ No. 24 Boise State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-31vs Ohio | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-52vs Cincinnati | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ Middle Tennessee | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-17vs Old Dominion | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 36-31@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-23vs Western Kentucky | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 20-7@ Rice | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-10vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 25-48vs UCF | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 41 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 26-23
1 interception · 10 tackles · 8 solo tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL55 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Doc Holliday — 25-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doc Holliday
Pass share
40.3%
350 pass / 519 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
401 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Marshall, 89 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doc Holliday.
