Luke Merrell

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Canton, Ohio
High School:
Glen Oak

At Princeton — 2014: played in linebacker rotation and recorded 10 tackles … had career-high six stops in opening game at San Deigo … added a tackle and a quarterback hurry in Ivy-opening win at Columbia … had 1.5 tackles for loss. 2013: recorded nine tackles as a member of the linebacking unit … had season-best four tackles against nationally ranked Lehigh … had three tackles, including one for a loss, in 50-22 win over Georgetown … helped Princeton win 10th Ivy League title in program history, and first since 2006 season. 2012: a member of the linebacker rotation … made two tackles in shutout of Brown, which ended an Ivy League record streak of 162 games without being shut out.

At Glen Oak — earned first-team all-league and all-conference honors ... earned first-team all-county and All-Northeastern Ohio Inland District, and earned All-Ohio Honorable Mention ... McDonald's Scholar-Athlete honoree ... helped team to league championship ... senior captain ... member of the National Honor Society ... Award of Merit honoree ... Outstanding Senior Boy.

Personal — born Oct. 6, 1992 ... son of Rob and Patty Merrell ... father is a marketing engineer; mother is a sales representative ... father played college football at Youngstown State; also had a grandfather who played at Ohio State and an uncle who played at Dayton ... has an older sister Brittanya and a younger brother Jake ... enjoys snowboarding, golf and playing the piano ... may study economics.

Year	Tackles (S/A)	TFL	Sacks	FF/FR	INT	BrUp
2012	2 (1/1)	0	0	0	0	0
2013	9 (6/3)	1-1	0	0	0	0
2014	10 (7/3)	1.5-3	0	0	0	0
Totals	21 (14/7)	2.5-4	0	0	0	0