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Case Western Reserve University Athletics
Case Western Reserve University Athletics

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2017 Football

71 Ryan Merlau

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 285
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Arcade, N.Y.
  • Highschool Pioneer

Biography

Senior (2017): Started all 12 games during the season at right guard and served as a team captain… Was a part of a unit that helped the Spartans score a program-record 479 points during the 2017 season and totaled 5,252 yards of offense during the year, including 3,008 passing and 2,244 rushing… Helped the offensive line yield just 19 sacks in 12 games… Finished his career with 33 games played.

Junior (2016): Selected to the All-UAA Second Team and an honorable mention to the All-PAC Team… Started all 10 games at tackle during the season… Served as a team co-captain… Was a key member of an offensive line that helped the team rush for a school-record 2,597 yards during the season, as the team ended the year ranked 12th among all NCAA Division III teams with 497.9 yards per game and 14th with 257.9 rushing yards per contest… Named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on November 1st after helping the Spartans to collect 707 yards of total offense and 435 rushing yards in a 56-38 win at Washington (Mo.).

Sophomore (2015): Played in and started the Spartans’ first game of the campaign, before suffering a season-ending injury.

Freshman (2014): Saw action in nine games, making seven starts on the offensive line during his freshman campaign.

Personal: Earned three varsity letters in both football and track & field at Pioneer High School…two-year N.Y. Section VI Class B All-Star and a Big 30 All-Star…named All-New York State Honorable Mention and Section VI Scholar-Athlete of the Year…Western N.Y. All-Academic Team Honorable Mention…son of Douglas and MaryLou Merlau.

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Historical Player Information

  • 71

    2014First-Year

    OT
    6'3" 270 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2015Sophomore

    OT
    6'3" 285 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2016Junior

    OT
    6'3" 285 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2017Senior

    OL
    6'3" 285 lbs
    71