Krishon Merriweather: LB · Texas Tech · #1.
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Krishon Merriweather
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Texas Tech. A game that shows it: 17 tackles and 1 sack against Oklahoma State — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
104 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 104 | 66 | 4.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | 52 | 30 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Texas Tech | 75 | 43 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 231 | 139 | 16.5 | 5.0 | 1 |
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 63-10vs Murray State | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-30vs No. 25 Houston | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-27@ No. 16 NC State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-34vs No. 22 Texas | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-37@ No. 25 Kansas State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-41@ No. 7 Oklahoma State | 17 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 17 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 48-10vs West Virginia | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-45vs Baylor | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-34@ No. 7 TCU | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-28vs Kansas | 9 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 14-10@ Iowa State | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-48vs Oklahoma | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 104 | 66 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
104tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups104 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 9.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
52.4%
569 pass / 516 run
Plays / game
83.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
604 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2022
104 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #173 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas Tech, 231 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Sonny Cumbie, and Joey McGuire. Multi-era developmental context.
