Noa Merritt: DT · Boston College · #94.
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Noa Merritt
Wins the gap play after play. Rated a two-star prospect, with two seasons of snaps at Boston College since. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Notre Dame, Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
Atlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Sports Illustrated Oct 22
247Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Boston College | 50 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2016 | Boston College | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 59 | 24 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-34vs Wake Forest | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-49vs Notre Dame | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 7-34@ No. 2 Clemson | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-8vs Central Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-23vs No. 16 Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-42@ Louisville | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-10@ Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-3vs Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-17vs NC State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-16vs UConn | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 42-14@ Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-27vs Iowa | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.5 | — | 2 |
Week 12 · 2017
W 39-16
vs UConn · neutral site
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 23-point win at a neutral site against UConn.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%6 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries50 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Steve Addazio — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Addazio
Pass share
37.5%
366 pass / 611 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
50 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Boston College, 59 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Addazio.
