Team Awards
• Big Play Special Teams - Ursinus, 2016
Career Statistics
| Year |
GP |
|
Solo |
Ast |
Total |
TFL |
|
Sack |
PBU |
Int |
FF |
FR |
Blk |
| 2016 |
8 |
|
6 |
7 |
13 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2017 |
11 |
|
8 |
2 |
10 |
1-3 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
19 |
|
14 |
9 |
23 |
1-3 |
|
0 |
1 |
1-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career Highs
tackles - 4 vs. Gettysburg, 2017; vs. McDaniel and Dickinson, 2016
Career Highlights
2017
• Played in all 11 games on kickoff coverage unit
• Also saw time as a reserve defensive back
• Made 4 tackles, including one for a 3-yard loss, in win at Gettysburg
• Recorded solo stop vs. Wilkes on the Mules' first kickoff of the season
2016
• Played in eight games as a reserve defensive back and on special teams
• Intercepted first career pass in the fourth quarter vs. Ursinus
• Recorded 4 tackles (2 solo) and a pass breakup vs. Dickinson
2015
• Played for JV team as a freshman
Personal
• Rushed for more than 1,200 yards and earned all-conference honors as a senior at Belvidere High School
• As a junior, led his team in tackles and was named to all-conference team
• Lettered four years in baseball
• Team captain in both sports
• Parents are Bob and Elissa Merle
• Born May 31, 1997
• Father played football at Muhlenberg from 1980 to 1983
• A history major
• Pursuing certification in education
