Defensive lineman for Minnesota. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
6′2″ · 316 lb · East St. Louis, IL
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 817 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 defensive lineman for Minnesota. 2017: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
Merrick Jackson
Two seasons at Minnesota, two different head coaches: Tracy Claeys and P.J. Fleck. The receipt: 3 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Nebraska — Week 11, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017
W 54–21
vs Nebraska
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 48-14@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Maryland | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-31@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-33@ Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 54-21vs Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-31vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.