#13

Kirk Merritt

Senior wide receiver for Arkansas State. 2019: 70 catches, 806 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · Arkansas State · Sr. · #13

6′0″ · 215 lb · Destrehan, LA

Arkansas State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Arkansas State. 2019: 70 catches, 806 receiving yards, 12 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas State, 1,872 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 180 yds at Coastal Carolina.Coastal Carolina · W 44-162018

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

1 coach

2015

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

2018–2019

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Blake Anderson.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Oregon9-4HC: Mark Helfrich · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#12 / 556 · 97th pct

Receptions#39 / 556 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#79 / 556 · 86th pct

806

Long catch#324 / 556 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rush yards#170 / 283 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#374 / 556 · 32nd pct

11.5

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	58.8	13.0	1.2
Road6g	6.7	75.5	11.4	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.8	73.2	10.7	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	61.2	13.7	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Arkansas State	70	806	11.5	12	--
2018	Arkansas State	83	1,005	12.1	7	--
2015	Oregon	5	61	12.2	0	--
Career		158	1,872	11.8	19	--

Season	Team
2019	Arkansas State	2	11	415	--	--
2018	Arkansas State	5	31	275	--	--
2015	Oregon	3	13	28	--	--
Career		10	55	718	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 41–28

vs Southern Illinois

10 rec · 131 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Southern Illinois at home in a shootout.

With L. Bonner — 320 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.4 · -9 rush yds (7 car) · O. Bayless — 37 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 43-17@ UNLV	4	52	13.0	1	37
Wk 3	L 0-55@ Georgia	6	25	4.2	0	10
Wk 4	W 41-28vs Southern Illinois	10	131	13.1	2	43	Season-high 131 yds
Wk 5	W 50-43@ Troy	6	104	17.3	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 6	L 38-52@ Georgia State	9	84	9.3	1	27
Wk 8	L 20-37vs Louisiana	2	28	14.0	1	25
Wk 9	W 38-14vs Texas State	3	40	13.3	0	26
Wk 10	W 48-41@ UL Monroe	6	67	11.2	1	23
Wk 12	W 28-27vs Coastal Carolina	7	70	10.0	2	21	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 38-33vs Georgia Southern	2	41	20.5	1	27
Wk 14	L 30-34@ South Alabama	9	121	13.4	0	34
Bowl	W 34-26vs Florida International	6	43	7.2	1	14
Total		70	806	12.2	12	45

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