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2024 Football

23 Jace Merritt

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 250
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Fort Worth, Texas
  • High School Nolan Catholic
  • Position DL
  • Major Accounting

Biography

Graduate Student (2024)


Appeared in nine games for the Spartans on the defensive line after making the switch from the offensive line before start of the season… Finished the season with 11 tackles (one solo)… Named to the PAC Fall Academic Honor Roll… Appeared in 38 total games during his Spartan career.

Senior (2023)


Named to the All-PAC First Team following the season… Started all 10 games at center during his senior season… Served as a team captain… Was a part of an offensive line that helped the Spartans rank second in the PAC with 400.2 yards per game, and fourth in the conference in both scoring offense (29.5 points per game) and fourth in sacks allowed (1.4 per game)… Started each of the team’s 30 games over the last three seasons… Named to the 2023 Fall PAC Academic Honor Roll and the NFF Hampshire Society.

Junior (2022)


Named to the All-PAC Second Team during his junior year… Started all 10 games at center for CWRU and has started all 20 games at the position during his Spartan career… Helped lead an offensive line that allowed just 2.3 sacks per game, while allowing the team to total 388.0 yards per game, the third-most among PAC teams during the season… Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for his academic and athletic achievements.

Sophomore (2021)


Started all 10 games at center… Was a part of an offensive line that allowed the second-fewest sacks in the PAC and 50th-fewest in Division III, despite leading the conference in pass attempts… Also helped the Spartans rank second in the league in total yards… Received UAA Fall All-Academic honors.

First-year (2020)


Selected to the PAC Academic Honor Roll… Team did not play during the 2020-21 academic year due to the pandemic.

Personal


Was a four-year member of the Nolan Catholic High School football team, serving as a captain during his senior year... Coached by David Beaudin... Was an all-state honorable mention and named to the All-District First Team as a senior... Earned Academic All-State honors twice over his career... Also competed in track & field... Born February 8... Son of Kam and Colette.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 66

    2020First-Year

    OL
    5'10" 250 lbs
    66
  • 55

    2021Sophomore

    OL
    5'10" 250 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2022Junior

    OL
    5'10" 250 lbs
    55
  • 55
    C

    2023Senior

    OL
    5'10" 250 lbs
    55
    C
  • 23

    2024Graduate Student

    DL
    5'10" 250 lbs
    23