Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-13vs North Carolina A&T | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-40vs Ole Miss | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | L 38-41vs Louisiana | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 30 yds |
| Total | 9 | 77 | 9.8 | 0 | 14 |
#1
Walker Merrill
Former wide receiver at Wake Forest. 2024: 9 catches, 77 receiving yards.
6′1″ · 197 lb · Brentwood, TN
Wake Forest 2024 — college career complete
Recruiting
4★
WR recruit
No. 342 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Wake Forest. 2024: 9 catches, 77 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2021.
- Transferred from Wake Forest to Austin Peay in 2025.
Walker Merrill
Walker Merrill has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 30 rec yds, 5 receptions against Louisiana, Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 245 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2021
- Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Brentwood
2023
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coach2021–2024
Wake Forest
Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning
2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning
2024Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 25.7 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 25.7 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Tennessee | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 22 | 245 | 11.1 | 3 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 45–13
2 rec · 26 yds
Dominant 32-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.
With T. Morin — 6 rec · 100 yds · H. Bachmeier — 263 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.0 · 6 rush yds (2 car)
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · North Carolina A&T · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for a 1ST down
- Week 3 · Ole Miss · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +1.43Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for 11 yds to the MISS 30 for a 1ST down
- Week 5 · Louisiana · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.01Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for 12 yds to the WAKE 39 for a 1ST down
- Week 3 · Ole Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.96Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for 10 yds to the WAKE 46 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · North Carolina A&T · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +0.76Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for a 1ST down
- Week 5 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.68Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for 7 yds to the WAKE 38
- Week 5 · Louisiana · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +0.68Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for 5 yds to the UL 6 for a 1ST down
- Week 5 · Louisiana · 1&7 · Q4 · EPA -0.33Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for 1 yd to the UL 3 for a 1ST down
- Week 5 · Louisiana · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +0.11Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Walker Merrill for 5 yds to the WAKE 48
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology